Glider

N48486

1959 Schleicher K 6 CR

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1959
Serial
643
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Imperial Beach, CA
Registration record

N48486 on the FAA register

Type
1959 Schleicher K 6 CR
Serial
643
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Imperial Beach, CA
Certificate issued
2025-03-20
Airworthiness date
2004-01-28
Registration expires
2032-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A5FB04
Mode S (octal)
51375404
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-03-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N48486 to the current registrant.
  • 2004-01-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1998-05-27
    N48486 previously assigned to a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B (s/n 46B); cancelled.
  • 1959
    Manufactured (1959).
  • 1949-01-17
    N48486 previously assigned to a Fairchild PT-26 (s/n T43-5583); cancelled.
Overview

About N48486

N48486 is a 1959 Schleicher K 6 CR, serial number 643. It is registered to an individual in Imperial Beach, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 20, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated January 28, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N48486.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N48486.

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.