Glider

N106DS

1988 Homebuilt SZD-51-1 Junior

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1988
Serial
B1840
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bay Area Soaring Associates Inc (Corporation)
Based
San Jose, CA
Registration record

N106DS on the FAA register

Type
1988 Homebuilt SZD-51-1 Junior
Serial
B1840
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Bay Area Soaring Associates Inc
San Jose, CA
Certificate issued
2006-05-24
Airworthiness date
1989-05-11
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A01B5A
Mode S (octal)
50015532
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2006-05-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N106DS.
  • 1989-05-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1988
    Manufactured (1988).
Overview

About N106DS

N106DS is a 1988 Homebuilt SZD-51-1 Junior, serial number B1840. The FAA register lists Bay Area Soaring Associates Inc as the registrant in San Jose, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 24, 2006 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 11, 1989.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N106DS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N106DS.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.