{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2016-08-19","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Exhibition","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2023-09-23","city":"WALLER","country_code":"US","county_code":"473","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-23","maker":"Alisport","maker_country":"IT","maker_raw":"ALISPORT SRL","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"05632RZ","mode_s_code":"50671013","mode_s_hex":"A3720B","model":"SILENT 2 ELECTRO","n_number":"N321AD","name":"SORENSON KENNETH G","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Giddings","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-09-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN23LA405","probable_cause":"The glider\u2019s encounter with flutter during cruise flight that resulted in structural damage to the fuselage.","registration":"N321AD","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on September 7, 2023 at Giddings, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N321AD is an Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2016. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Waller, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated August 19, 2016.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sorenson Kenneth G, an individual, certificate issued September 23, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated August 19, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2077 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N321AD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 77 (serial WA-108, cancelled December 1, 2009). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N321AD: Accident on September 7, 2023 at Giddings, TX: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"2077","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"30368 WALLER GLADISH RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01227462","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N321AD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2016,"zip":"774843734"}