N97DT is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Laister Sailplane Products LP-15 built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 16, 2019. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Laister Sailplane Products LP-15 cancelled March 16, 2019
- Serial number
- N-14
- Type
- Glider · None
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 30, 2015
- Last FAA action
- November 30, 2015
- Last owner
- Funderburk Blair A (Individual)
Lebanon, TN - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing
NTSB accident and incident record under N97DT
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Laister NUGGET · serial N-14
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPERLY PLANNED NO-FLAP LANDING APPROACH; FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST; AND INADVERTENT GEAR RETRACTION. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE BUCKLING OF THE WING SKIN, CRACKING OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE INOPERATIVE FLAPS.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site