Glider

N899DC

Homebuilt Sparrow Hawk

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
SH-5
Class
Glider
Engines
—
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
National Soaring Museum (Corporation)
Based
Elmira, NY
Registration record

N899DC on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt Sparrow Hawk
Serial
SH-5
Engines
—
Registered owner
National Soaring Museum
Elmira, NY
Certificate issued
2019-09-19
Airworthiness date
2008-10-10
Registration expires
2029-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AC6711
Mode S (octal)
53063421
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-09-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N899DC.
  • 2008-10-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
Overview

About N899DC

N899DC is a Homebuilt Sparrow Hawk, serial number SH-5. The FAA register lists National Soaring Museum as the registrant in Elmira, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 19, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated October 10, 2008.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N899DC.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N899DC.

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.