N437BA2002 Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched5 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Maxwell Afb, AL
- Certificate issued
- Dec 5, 2012
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 18, 2002
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Let
- Model
- L-23 SUPER BLANIK
- Year
- 2002
- Serial number
- 029015
- Aircraft type
- Glider
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A53D39
Engine
- Make and model
- None None
- Type
- None
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2012 – nowCivil Air PatrolMaxwell Afb, AL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (5)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Stabilizers · hinge bracket · crackedDec 3, 2010
DISCOVERED CRACK IN THE RT ELEVATOR HINGE BRACKET DURING INSP.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · hinge · crackedFeb 8, 2010
DURING 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.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · damper · crackedOct 27, 2005
UPPER HINGE ARM OF GEAR STRUT CRACKED AT WELDS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Flight controls · control cable · frayedJun 21, 2005
LEFT AND RIGHT RUDDER CABLES FOUND FRAYED AT AFT PULLEYS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Equipment and furnishings · seat · mismanufacturedJul 16, 2003
THE WEIGHTED SEATS HAVE A HANDLE WELDED ON THE LEFT REAR CORNER. WITH THE SEAT BELT FASTENED IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIMIT FULL LEFT RUDDER TRAVEL DUE TO THE RUDDER PEDAL JAMMING THE SEAT BELT ATTACH TAB BETWEEN THE PEDAL AND THE HANDLE. IT ONLY HAPPENS WITH THE OPTIONAL WEIGHTED SEAT IN THE FRONT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026