{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-07-24","city":"CLEARVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"009","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-04","maker":"Burkhart Grob","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BURKHART GROB","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1660203","mode_s_code":"51566642","mode_s_hex":"A6EDA2","model":"G 103 TWIN II","n_number":"N54553","name":"ACKLEY RICHARD F","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LANCASTER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-03-22","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ATL97LA052","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper use of the spoilers, while approaching to land, which allowed the glider to get low on final approach and strike trees.  The pilot's lack of recent flying experience and lack of experience in the make and model of glider were related factors.","registration":"N54553","state":"SC","summary":"Accident on March 22, 1997 at Lancaster, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N54553 is a Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clearville, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 24, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Ackley Richard F, an individual, certificate issued July 24, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3872-K-113 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N54553 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Burkhart Grob/Trampus G 103 TWIN II (serial 3872-K-113-1, cancelled March 30, 2004); Boeing B75N1 (serial 75-1004, cancelled March 1, 1954). 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 N54553: Accident on March 22, 1997 at Lancaster, SC: minor 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"3872-K-113","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"814 ALLEN RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00753185","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N54553","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"155355641"}