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N51FW

Peterson Sailplane-Poly Ind. J-4

N51FW is a Peterson Sailplane-Poly Ind. J-4, a glider with no engine, built in 1976. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Rapid City, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 23, 1976.

Aircraft

Maker
Peterson Sailplane-Poly Ind.
Model
J-4
Serial number
005
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A65FA8 (octal 51457650)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 14, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · July 23, 1976
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00790855

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Larson Martin B
Type
Co-owned
Address
2310 Arroyo Ct
Rapid City, SD 57702-5112
Co-owners
Summers Charles M / Glasford John T / Clark Raymond C

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

1972-07-14Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER · 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