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N8221K

Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1

Valid Texas

N8221K is a Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1, a glider with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Corpus Christi, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated August 26, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Pdps Pzl-Bielsko
Model
SZD-55-1
Serial number
551197093
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1997
Transponder code
AB3ACE (octal 52635316)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 14, 2019
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · August 26, 1998
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00283716

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Klassen Thomas L
Type
Individual
Address
4510 Lake Charles Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78413-5239

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 3

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1980-09-12Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B · exported to Venezuela · Valid registration
1946-12-02Stinson 108-1 · Valid registration

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