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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Glasflugel KESTREL
N9919 is a Glasflugel KESTREL, a glider with no engine, built in 1969. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Raleigh, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 18, 1971.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Glasflugel
- Model
- KESTREL · all KESTRELs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Glasflugel KESTREL family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 4
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- ADD9ED (octal 53354755)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 2, 2024
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- December 2, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 18, 1971
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00283480
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Phelps Thomas L
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5704 Bramblewood Dr
Raleigh, NC 27612-2290
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N9919 links to the rest of the register
- Glasflugel KESTREL 13 registered
- Glasflugel 191 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Raleigh, NC 353 aircraft registered in this town
- Southern Wake Regional · 5W5
- North Carolina 7,132 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Glasflugel KESTREL 8 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N9919, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Phelps Thomas L, an individual, certificate issued December 2, 2024, expires December 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 18, 1971, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9919 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Travel Air S-2000 (serial 1109, cancelled April 15, 1934). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N9919: Accident on March 5, 2026 at Little Switzerland, NC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glasflugel KESTREL · operated under 091
A loss of thermal lift during a glider flight, which resulted in a collision with trees during a landing approach to a diversionary airport.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data