{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1984-12-19","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-05-08","city":"GRAND HAVEN","country_code":"US","county_code":"139","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-05-08","maker":"Burkhart Grob","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BURKHART GROB","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1660203","mode_s_code":"50121320","mode_s_hex":"A0A2D0","model":"G 103 TWIN II","n_number":"N140BG","name":"BENZ AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Ionia","damage":"SUBS","date":"2001-07-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI01LA207","probable_cause":"The pilot not maintaining clearance from the tall grass during his recovery from the bounced landing.  A factor was the tall grass.","registration":"N140BG","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on July 12, 2001 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"IONIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-05-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI94LA165","probable_cause":"a hard landing as a result of the early disconnect of the glider launch/tow equipment.","registration":"N140BG","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on May 20, 1994 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"IONIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-05-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI92LA143","probable_cause":"THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT AND DECISION TO CLOSE THE GLIDER'S CANOPY AT LOW ALTITUDE.","registration":"N140BG","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on May 10, 1992 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N140BG is a Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Benz Aviation LLC, an LLC in Grand Haven, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated December 19, 1984.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Benz Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 8, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33902-K-140 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N140BG 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":"3 NTSB records under N140BG: Accident on July 12, 2001 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 20, 1994 at Ionia, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 10, 1992 at Ionia, MI: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"33902-K-140","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"17907 SHORE ACRES RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00523184","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N140BG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"494179328"}