{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1996-06-04","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-01-17","city":"FRONT ROYAL","country_code":"US","county_code":"187","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":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-06","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"38019VS","mode_s_code":"51505156","mode_s_hex":"A68A6E","model":"DISCUS CS","n_number":"N520RJ","name":"SKYLINE SOARING CLUB INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Woodstock","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-10-08","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA23LA013","probable_cause":"Improper repair of a crack by maintenance personnel, which resulted in a subsequent failure of the glider canopy.","registration":"N520RJ","state":"VA","summary":"Accident on October 8, 2022 at Woodstock, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N520RJ is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS, a glider with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Skyline Soaring Club INC, a corporation in Front Royal, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 17, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated June 4, 1996.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Skyline Soaring Club INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 17, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated June 4, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 217CS for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N520RJ 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 N520RJ: Accident on October 8, 2022 at Woodstock, VA: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"217CS","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"424A SOUTH ST # 172","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00745991","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N520RJ","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":1996,"zip":"226302116"}