{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2004-08-03","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-05-02","city":"FREDERICK","country_code":"US","county_code":"021","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":"2032-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-05-02","maker":"Dg Flugzeugbau Gmbh","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DG FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3805017","mode_s_code":"52563462","mode_s_hex":"AAE732","model":"DG-808 S","n_number":"N801SP","name":"NUCKOLLS ROBERT LANCE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Euharlee","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-09-21","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ATL04FA190","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the airplane, which resulted in the pilot exceeding the design limits of the airplane and subsequent in-flight separation.","registration":"N801SP","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on September 21, 2004 at Euharlee, GA: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"STEWARTVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-08-26","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI96LA317","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in a failure to reach the proper touchdown point for the landing.  The fractured nose gear shimmy damper attaching collar and the jammed nose gear were related factors.","registration":"N801SP","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on August 26, 1996 at Stewartville, MN: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"MATHEUS JOSE RICARDO","plain_english":"N801SP is a Dg Flugzeugbau Gmbh DG-808 S, a glider with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Frederick, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 3, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Nuckolls Robert Lance, a co-owned, certificate issued May 2, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 3, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 8-301S57X4 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N801SP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32R-301 (serial 32R-8013070, cancelled February 28, 2017). 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":"2 NTSB records under N801SP: Accident on September 21, 2004 at Euharlee, GA: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Accident on August 26, 1996 at Stewartville, MN: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":1,"serial_number":"8-301S57X4","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2787 LYNN ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00120719","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N801SP","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"217048024"}