Models / Sportavia Putzer / RF5B SPERBER / N55GS Aircraft record N55GS 1973 Sportavia Putzer RF5B SPERBER Safety record in brief: 1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Apr 2000) · No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration Valid expires Oct 31, 2029 NTSB events 1 substantial, 2000 ADs may apply 0 confirm with A&P Service reports 0 since 1995
Registration FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026
Registered owner Triple Cities Soaring Society
Owner type Corporation
City, state Endicott, NY
Certificate issued Oct 19, 2010
Expires Oct 31, 2029
Airworthiness Experimental · Exhibition
Airworthiness date May 12, 2006 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 data Airframe
Manufacturer Sportavia Putzer
Model RF5B SPERBER
Year 1973
Serial number 51031
Aircraft type Glider
Category Land
Certification Not Type Certificated
Seats 2
Engines 1
Max takeoff weight Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code A6FDB9 Engine
Make and model Limbach Limbach L2000
Type Reciprocating
Power 80 hp Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history Ownership history from FAA records 2010 – now Triple Cities Soaring Society Endicott, NY · current Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026 ADs 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 (0) No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources FAA Aircraft Registry Registration, owner city and state, airframe, engine updated Oct 20, 2026 NTSB accident and incident database Accidents and incidents since 1982 updated Oct 15, 2026 FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register) ADs published since 1998 updated Oct 20, 2026 FAA Service Difficulty Reports Reports since 1995 updated Oct 16, 2026 Request owner name removal Report an error in this record