Glider

N448RS

1996 PZL PW-5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1996
Serial
1705018
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
White Wings Soaring Inc (Corporation)
Based
Mount Prospect, IL
Registration record

N448RS on the FAA register

Type
1996 PZL PW-5
Serial
1705018
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
White Wings Soaring Inc
Mount Prospect, IL
Certificate issued
2003-07-24
Airworthiness date
1997-04-25
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A569DD
Mode S (octal)
51264735
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2003-07-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N448RS.
  • 1997-04-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
  • 1996
    Manufactured (1996).
Overview

About N448RS

N448RS is a 1996 PZL PW-5, serial number 1705018. The FAA register lists White Wings Soaring Inc as the registrant in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 24, 2003 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (air racing), dated April 25, 1997.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N448RS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N448RS.

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.