Single-engine piston

N87GL

1978 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
0826
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Salisbury, NC
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Registration record

N87GL on the FAA register

Type
1978 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
Serial
0826
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Salisbury, NC
Certificate issued
2023-02-10
Airworthiness date
2019-12-03
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
ABF49E
Mode S (octal)
52772236
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-02-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N87GL to the current registrant.
  • 2019-12-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (acrobatic)).
  • 1999-10-25
    N87GL previously assigned to a Beechcraft 1900C (s/n UC-87); cancelled.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N87GL

N87GL is a 1978 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, serial number 0826. It is registered to an individual in Salisbury, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 10, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (acrobatic), dated December 3, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N87GL. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-11-19 Accident · Quincy, IL Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · DCA97MA009A
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C — a different aircraft that carried the N87GL registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the failure of the pilots in the King Air A90 to effectively monitor the common traffic advisory frequency or to properly scan for traffic, resulting in their commencing a takeoff roll when the Beech 1900C (United Express flight 5925) was landing on an intersecting runway. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the Cherokee pilot's interrupted radio transmission, which led to the Beech 1900C pilot's misunderstanding of the transmission as an indication from the King Air that it would not take off until after flight 5925 had cleared the runway. Contributing to the severity of the accident and the loss of life were the lack of adequate aircraft rescue and firefighting services and the…

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.