- Registered owner
- Heckendorf Jon W
- Location
- Ordway, CO
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 073
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date
- March 31, 1980
- Certificate issued
- June 16, 2014
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Mode S code
- AC5F0E
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
No ADs matched this aircraft’s modelsADs on appliances, propellers and installed equipment aren’t matched by model; check those separately.
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N8968Matched 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 Flug & Fahrzeugwerke HBV DIAMANT 18 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N8968Matched 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 Flug & Fahrzeugwerke HBV DIAMANT 18 aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N8968General 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 Flug & Fahrzeugwerke HBV DIAMANT 18 aircraft
Reports on N8968 not matched to an aircraft · 2
They name N8968, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
SDR 2025F00085Skin Panel · burnedLIGHNING STRIKE AT FS: 409.00+75 BETWEEN STR:25L AND 26L.REPAIRED I/A/W BOMBARDIER REO 601R-53-00-115, REV. E 2013-09-18 FUSELAGE SKIN LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGE REPAIR AND MHI RJ 200 SRM 53-00-31 REPAIR NO. 1 EXTERNAL NON-FLUSH PERMANENT REPAIRS - PRESSURIZED ARSDR 2025FA0000226Skin Panel · corrodedCORROSION FOUND AROUND FASTENERS ON FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN FROM FS: 559.00+80 TO FS: 559.00+112, STRG 27. REPAIRED I/A/W MHI RJ REO 601R-53-00-906 REV. -- 2025-03-29
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs change type-certificated designs, and this aircraft isn’t type certificated.