{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-11-02","city":"SPRING HILL","country_code":"US","county_code":"053","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":"2028-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-23","maker":"Glaser-Dirks","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GLASER-DIRKS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3802552","mode_s_code":"53015723","mode_s_hex":"AC1BD3","model":"DG-500M","n_number":"N88DM","name":"GARCIA ROBERTO P","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"OLATHE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1985-09-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MKC85LA215","probable_cause":"","registration":"N88DM","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on September 13, 1985 at Olathe, KS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N88DM is a Glaser-Dirks DG-500M, a glider with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spring Hill, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 2, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. 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 Garcia Roberto P, an individual, certificate issued November 2, 2021, expires November 30, 2028. 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 5E97M43 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N88DM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 421B (serial 421B0574, cancelled February 16, 1995). 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 N88DM: Accident on September 13, 1985 at Olathe, KS: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"5E97M43","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"11581 PILOT COUNTRY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00924542","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N88DM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"346107920"}