# N1297: Pheffer-Chaney BRIEGLEB BG-12BD

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Pheffer-Chaney BRIEGLEB BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/pheffer-chaney-briegleb-bg-12bd) (registry code 79001FZ, 1 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 144
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: August 6, 1974
- Certificate issued: October 24, 2011
- Expires: October 31, 2027
- Mode S code: A0786E
- Registered owner: [Marvin Shawn](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MARVIN%20SHAWN)
- Location: [Tomahawk, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Tomahawk)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 45.5074° N, 89.7454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 54487, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1297
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1297

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Pheffer-Chaney BRIEGLEB BG-12BD)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (NONE)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI75AC022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC022), Aug 25, 1974: Briegleb BG-12 (N1297), Marion, OH, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N1297.

## Reports on N1297 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N1297, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19740825028711A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740825028711A), Aug 25, 1974: Sailpl TG13A (N1297), Marion, OH, Substantial damage. Experimental homebuilt glider. Reversed course in thermal,saw otr acft too late to avoid collision.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N1297

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N1297 before.

- [Cancelled 1933-02-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1297-1933-02-11): Swallow SWALLOW, S/N 856, built 1927. Owner: [Orin Welch Aircraft Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ORIN%20WELCH%20AIRCRAFT%20COMPANY), [Anderson, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Anderson)

## Related

- Other Pheffer-Chaney BRIEGLEB BG-12BD aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/pheffer-chaney-briegleb-bg-12bd/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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