- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Location
- Maxwell Afb, AL
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 029013
- Year built
- 2002
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date
- October 3, 2002
- Certificate issued
- January 4, 2013
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A526EF
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Superseded and historical ADs · 1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 N431BAMatched 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 N431BAMatched 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 · 7
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2010FA0000805Rib · crackedDURING ROUTINE INSP 2 SMALL CRACKS DISCOVERED ON NR 3 RIB UPPER RIB FLANGE.SDR 2010FA0000224Hinge Bracket · crackedDURING A 100 HR INSP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INBD ELEVATOR HINGE BRACKET EXHIBITED SEVERAL CRACKS. ADDITIONAL CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE ACFT AFTER A FLEET WIDE ONE TIME INSP WAS COMPLETED.SDR 2007FA0000672Bridge · crackedON JULY 23, 2007 DURING A ROUTINE DYE-PENETRANT INSPECTION ON TG-10B (L-23 SUPER BLANIK, S/N 029013) CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED AT SEVERAL WELDS ON THE A741 210N BRIDGE ASSEMBLY. IT IS A MAINTENANCE MANUAL REQUIREMENT THAT THIS PART BE DYE-PENETRANT INSPECTED EVESDR 2007FA0000671Bridge · crackedDURING A ROUTINE DYE-PENETRANT INSPECTION ON TG-10B CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED AT SEVERAL WELDS ON THE A741 210N BRIDGE ASSEMBLY. A REPLACEMENT BRIDGE ASSY CANNIBALIZED FROM ANOTHER TG-10B IN AN EFFORT TO PLACE THE FIRST NOTED AIRCRAFT BACK IN SERVICE. AS A PRSDR DOSS07Longeron · 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 2005FA0000878Control Cable · frayedLEFT AND RIGHT RUDDER CABLES FOUND FRAYED AT AFT PULLEYS.SDR 2003FA0000229Ring · missingONE TIME FLEET INSPECTION REVEALED SAFETY RING MISSING.ONE OF THREE AIRCRAFT BELIEVED TO HAVE NOT HAD INSTALLED AT FACTORY.INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT DID NOT PRODUCE MISSING PART.
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.