{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1988-03-29","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1982-12-08","city":"SAINT LOUIS","country_code":"US","county_code":"510","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":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1660106","mode_s_code":"51205233","mode_s_hex":"A50A9B","model":"G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB","n_number":"N424BG","name":"ST LOUIS SOARING ASSOCIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Highland","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-08-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA340","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff which resulted in a collision with a parked vehicle.","registration":"N424BG","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on August 24, 2025 at Highland, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Highland","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-08-06","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CEN22LA370","probable_cause":"The glider\u2019s encounter with atmospheric conditions where the lift was not sufficient to maintain flight.","registration":"N424BG","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on August 6, 2022 at Highland, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Highland","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-09-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI03LA317","probable_cause":"The pilot encountering unsuitable terrain during an off-airport landing.  A factor to the accident was the high vegetation.","registration":"N424BG","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on September 10, 2003 at Highland, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N424BG is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to St Louis Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Saint Louis, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 1982 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated March 29, 1988.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to St Louis Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 8, 1982, expires January 31, 2029. 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 5548CB for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N424BG 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 N424BG: Accident on August 24, 2025 at Highland, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 6, 2022 at Highland, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 10, 2003 at Highland, IL: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"5548CB","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9512 DAVID SCOTT DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00151804","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N424BG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"631262504"}