- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Location
- Maxwell Afb, AL
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 029007
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Certificate issued
- December 5, 2012
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A4FBB9
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 5
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 2005 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
Superseded and historical ADs · 1
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N420BAMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N420BAMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 12
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2011FA0000078Control Stick · obstructedDURING A LANDING FLARE, THE PILOT NOTICED DIFFICULTY IN MOVING THE CONTROL STICK FORWARD. AFTER A POST FLIGHT INSP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BONDING STRAP SCREW HAD LOOSENED AND DISLODGED INTO THE CONTROL BRIDGE ASSY, CAUSING BINDING.SDR 2010FA0000646Cable · frayedFRAYED RUDDER CABLES FOUND DURING 100 HR, 4 INSP. 330.9 SHOULD LAST 1000 HOURS IAW MFG MM. CHRONIC PROBLEM.SDR 2010FA0000139Hinge Bracket · crackedRT UPPER FWD, DURING A 100 HOUR INSP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INBD ELEVATOR HINGE BRACKET EXHIBITED SEVERAL CRACKS. ADDITIONAL CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE NOTED ACFT AFTER A FLEET WIDE ONE TIME INSP WAS COMPLETED.SDR 2009FA0000781Rivet · shearedRIVET AT SPAR INTER-CONNECT, AFT BULKHEAD AT REAR PORTION OF BATTERY BOX, UPPER LT SIDE, STA 65 (APPROX), RIVET HEAD SHEARED.SDR 2009FA0000780Control Cable · frayedRUDDER CABLES FOUND FRAYED, LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE. CHRONIC PROBLEM. SHOULD LAST 1000 HOURS ACCORDING TO MFG., L/R CABLES FAILED AT 665.9SDR D20060502Longeron · crackedFIRST LONGERON (N434BA) WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE ELEVATOR TRIM GUIDE ATTACH POINT, NEAR THE RCP LH RUDDER PEDAL, DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. SUBSEQUENT FINDINGS OCCURRED AS RESULT OF QUALITY DEPARTMENT ISSUING A ONE TIME INSPECTION OF ALL MDS. IT LOOKS AS ISDR DOSS102Longeron · crackedFIRST LONGERON (N434BA) WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE ELEVATOR TRIM GUIDE ATTACH POINT, NEAR THE RCP LT RUDDER PEDAL, DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. SUBSEQUENT FINDINGS OCCURRED AS RESULT OF QUALITY DEPARTMENT ISSUING A ONE TIME INSPECTION OF ALL MDS. IT LOOKS ASSDR DOSS002Longeron · crackedFIRST LONGERON (N434BA) WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE ELEVATOR TRIM GUIDE ATTACH POINT, NEAR THE RCP LH RUDDER PEDAL, DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. SUBSEQUENT FINDINGS OCCURRED AS RESULT OF QUALITY DEPARTMENT ISSUING A ONE TIME INSPECTION OF ALL MDS. IT LOOKS AS ISDR DOSS02Longeron · crackedFIRST LONGERON (N434BA) WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE ELEVATOR TRIM GUIDE ATTACH POINT, NEAR THE RCP LT RUDDER PEDAL, DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. SUBSEQUENT FINDINGS OCCURRED AS RESULT OF QUALITY DEPARTMENT ISSUING A ONE TIME INSPECTION OF ALL MDS. IT LOOKS AS SDR 20060502DLongeron · crackedFIRST LONGERON (N434BA) WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE ELEVATOR TRIM GUIDE ATTACH POINT, NEAR THE RCP LT RUDDER PEDAL, DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. SUBSEQUENT FINDINGS OCCURRED AS RESULT OF QUALITY DEPARTMENT ISSUING A ONE TIME INSPECTION OF ALL MDS. IT LOOKS AS ISDR 2005FA0000876Control Cable · frayedLEFT AND RIGHT RUDDER CABLES FOUND FRAYED AT AFT PULLEYS.SDR 2003FA0001022Spring · brokenPILOT REPORTED RELEASE HANDLE WOULD NOT RETRACT. MAINTENANCE FOUND UPON INSPECTION PART OF SPRING BROKEN. THREE ADDITIONAL SAILPLANES DEVELOPED THIS PROBLEM AT ABOUT SAME TIME IN SERVICE
STCs that may be installed · 2
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N420BA before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.