Glider

N248V

1999 Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1999
Serial
8292
Class
Glider
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Lowell, MA
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Registration record

N248V on the FAA register

Type
1999 Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18
Serial
8292
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Lowell, MA
Certificate issued
2022-12-31
Airworthiness date
2000-04-20
Registration expires
2029-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A24F92
Mode S (octal)
50447622
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2022-12-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N248V to the current registrant.
  • 2000-04-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
  • 1999
    Manufactured (1999).
  • 1972-05-11
    N248V previously assigned to a Cessna 150G (s/n 15066797); cancelled.
  • 1967-04-17
    N248V previously assigned to a Vickersarmstrongs Viscount 812 (s/n 360); cancelled.
Overview

About N248V

N248V is a 1999 Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18, serial number 8292. It is registered to an individual in Lowell, Massachusetts. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 31, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (air racing), dated April 20, 2000.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N248V. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-05-01 Accident · Ronkonkoma,Ny, 32 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0816
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N248V registration before this airframe.

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.