Glider

N163JS

2019 Jonker Sailplanes (Pty) JS3

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2019
Serial
03-033
Class
Glider
Engines
M&D Flugze MD-TJ42
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ruegger Engineering Co (Corporation)
Based
Thompsons Station, TN
Registration record

N163JS on the FAA register

Type
2019 Jonker Sailplanes (Pty) JS3
Serial
03-033
Engines
M&D Flugze MD-TJ42
Registered owner
Ruegger Engineering Co
Thompsons Station, TN
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
2019-04-27
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A0FDAC
Mode S (octal)
50176654
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2019-04-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
Overview

About N163JS

N163JS is a 2019 Jonker Sailplanes (Pty) JS3, serial number 03-033. The FAA register lists Ruegger Engineering Co as the registrant in Thompsons Station, Tennessee.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated April 27, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N163JS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N163JS.

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

Same model

More Jonker Sailplanes (Pty) JS3 aircraft

All 15 Jonker Sailplanes (Pty) JS3 registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in Tennessee

All 6,522 aircraft registered in Tennessee →
Similar aircraft

Other gliders on the register

  • N135RD1976 Schweizer SGS 1-35
  • N236WE1985 Schweizer SGS 1-36
  • N678GB2016 Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau Duo Discus
  • N103SH1986 Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II Acro
  • N555WG1979 Glasflugel Mosquito
  • N11QS1978 Schleicher ASW-19
More from Jonker Sailplanes (Pty)

Jonker Sailplanes (Pty) models on the register

Own N163JS?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in Tennessee· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.