{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-08-11","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-03-27","city":"LAGO VISTA","country_code":"US","county_code":"055","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":"2032-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-03-27","maker":"Hph Spol Sro Kutna Hora","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HPH SPOL SRO KUTNA HORA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05627DY","mode_s_code":"50627060","mode_s_hex":"A32E30","model":"GLASFLUGEL 304S","n_number":"N304AB","name":"WALLIS RONALD M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Briggs","damage":"SUBS","date":"2021-07-30","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN21LA346","probable_cause":"The overstress fracture of the elevator control tube due to reduced wall thickness from water intrusion and subsequent corrosion. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a drain hole at the bottom of the elevator control tube, which allowed the tube to collect water, and the mechanic\u2019s inadequate inspection of the elevator control system during the recent condition inspection.","registration":"N304AB","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on July 30, 2021 at Briggs, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N304AB is a Hph Spol Sro Kutna Hora GLASFLUGEL 304S, a glider with no engine, built in 2008. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lago Vista, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 11, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wallis Ronald M, an individual, certificate issued March 27, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 11, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 004-S for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N304AB 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 N304AB: Accident on July 30, 2021 at Briggs, TX: serious 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"004-S","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3306 EMERSON CV","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"01012882","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N304AB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2008,"zip":"786456600"}