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N493A

Glasflugel KESTREL

Valid Oregon

N493A is a Glasflugel KESTREL, a glider with no engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Sherwood, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated August 22, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Glasflugel
Model
KESTREL
Serial number
35
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A61B3D (octal 51415475)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 2, 2016
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing · August 22, 1980
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00980605

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hutchins David J
Type
Individual
Address
22055 SW Mountain Home Road
Sherwood, OR 97140-8637

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1969-03-21Beech 65 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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