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N8396

Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18

Valid Maryland

N8396 is a Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18, a glider with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Baltimore, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2001 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 12, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Rolladen-Schneider
Model
LS8-18
Serial number
8378
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
2001
Transponder code
AB7CF3 (octal 52676363)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 5, 2001
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · August 12, 2001
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00283837

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brotto Daniele C
Type
Individual
Address
64 Roger Valley Ct
Baltimore, MD 21234-1442

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 2

1975-04-25Snias SE 3160 · exported to South Africa · Valid registration
1940-10-05Curtiss Wright ROBIN · Valid registration

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