{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-08-27","city":"FRANCONIA","country_code":"US","county_code":"009","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Grob-Werke","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GROB-WERKE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1660309","mode_s_code":"50010203","mode_s_hex":"A01083","model":"TWIN ASTIR","n_number":"N103GV","name":"FRANCONIA SOARING ASSOCIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Franconia","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-07-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA25LA287","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to detect the inadvertent deployment of the spoilers, which resulted in a prolonged, excessive descent rate. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s decision to conduct a downwind approach versus a straight in approach to the diversionary airport, which resulted in an off-airport landing.","registration":"N103GV","state":"NH","summary":"Accident on July 24, 2025 at Franconia, NH: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N103GV is a Grob-Werke TWIN ASTIR, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Franconia Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Franconia, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2007 and expires on March 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Franconia Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 27, 2007, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3069 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N103GV according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N103GV: Accident on July 24, 2025 at Franconia, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"3069","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 956","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00276339","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N103GV","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"035800956"}