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N40Z

Glaser-Dirks DG-400M/17

Valid Colorado

N40Z is a Glaser-Dirks DG-400M/17, a glider with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Boulder, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 21, 1985.

Aircraft

Maker
Glaser-Dirks
Model
DG-400M/17
Serial number
4-144
Type
Glider
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A4AC87 (octal 51126207)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 27, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · November 21, 1985
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00322306

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pinnell Benjamin D
Type
Individual
Address
4291 Black Cherry Ct
Boulder, CO 80301-1600

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data