- Registered owner
- Hutchins David J
- Location
- Sherwood, OR
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 35
- Year built
- 1971
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, racing
- Airworthiness date
- August 22, 1980
- Certificate issued
- August 2, 2016
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A61B3D
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 6
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1987 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
Superseded and historical ADs · 2
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N493AMatched 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 Glasflugel KESTREL aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N493AMatched 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 Glasflugel KESTREL aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N493AGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Glasflugel KESTREL aircraft
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs are matched through the model’s type certificate data sheet, and this registry model isn’t matched to one.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N493A before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.