Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
DESTINY 2000
Powered Parachute · ROTAX 503 SERIES
Registered
26
Year Range
2000–2008
NTSB Events
10
Airworthiness Directives
0
Aircraft Resources
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered DESTINY 2000 aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- IL 11.5% 3
- IN 11.5% 3
- LA 7.7% 2
- MI 7.7% 2
- PA 7.7% 2
- ID 3.8% 1
- AL 3.8% 1
- MN 3.8% 1
- VT 3.8% 1
- GA 3.8% 1
+9 more states
By Decade of Manufacture
- 2000s 73.1% 19
- Unknown 26.9% 7
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving DESTINY 2000 aircraft
10 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 10.
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Oct 25, 2002
N92897Vero Beach, Florida
NTSB Docket → -
Nov 15, 1993
N4829EFORT COLLINS, Colorado Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Jun 10, 1993
N4829ELIVERMORE, Colorado
NTSB Docket → -
Aug 3, 1990
N7176JMOWEAQUA, Illinois Minor
NTSB Docket → -
Aug 1, 1988
N56352RACINE, Wisconsin Serious
NTSB Docket → -
Jul 10, 1985
N75273PELLA, Iowa Minor
NTSB Docket → -
Dec 24, 1976
N50313AUSTIN, Minnesota
NTSB Docket → -
Dec 3, 1975
N5140LAVOCA, Pennsylvania Minor
NTSB Docket → -
Jul 13, 1975
N75273MONTAGUE, California
NTSB Docket → -
Jun 8, 1974
N4758TSUNRIVER, Oregon
NTSB Docket →
02c / Academic Research
Scholarly work mentioning DESTINY 2000
Papers and reports across NASA, NTSB, FAA CAMI, AOPA ASI, Embry-Riddle, arXiv, and the broader academic graph that mention this airframe. Title or keyword match — drill into each for full abstract + author list + PDF link.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2015 · Conference paper
Assessing the Commercial Aviation Impact of the Year 2000 Open Skies Agreements between the United States and African Countries with Longstanding Flights
The U.S. started a comprehensive campaign towards Open Skies agreement in 1992. The major benefits of Open sky agreement are reported to include increase of passenger and cargo volume between partners…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2000 · Industry report (AQRR)
Airline Quality Rating 2000
The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airline performance on combined multiple criteria.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Convectively Induced Turbulence Encountered During NASA's Fall-2000 Flight Experiments
Aircraft encounters with atmospheric turbulence are a leading cause of in-flight injuries aboard commercial airliners and cost the airlines millions of dollars each year.
- NASA NTRS 2011 · Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Directions in civil aviation 1980-2000
The following future directions in civil aviation are considered: (1) greater economy and efficiency in passenger and cargo air service at subsonic speeds, and improved utility and safety for general …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1997 · Journal article (JAAER)
Beyond 2000: The Undiscovered Frontier of a Career as an Aviation Professor
In an era in which aviation research and scholarly activities have increased immensely (Truitt & Kaps, 1995), the demand for qualified aviation faculty members will inevitably increase.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1995 · Journal article (JAAER)
Battle 2000: The New Jet Entrants Versus the Regional Partners?
An airline economics war that will determine the future pattern of air service in many U.S. short- and intermediate-haul markets is under way.
Browse the full corpus — academia portal ↗
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to DESTINY 2000
No matching airworthiness directives are on file for this make and model in the Federal Register.
04 / Regulations watching this type
Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for DESTINY 2000
Advisory Circulars
No ACs explicitly mention this type. Showing universal operating-rule ACs that apply to all aircraft.
Recent Federal Register activity
Latest rulemakings touching general operating rules (Part 91) and maintenance rules (Part 43).
- 2026-04-17 Settlement Policy for Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Cases FR ↗
- 2026-02-10 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period; Denial of Extension FR ↗
- 2026-02-02 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production FR ↗
- 2026-01-28 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period FR ↗
- 2026-01-07 Requirements for Interference-Tolerant Radio Altimeter Systems FR ↗
05 / Aircraft of this type
All 26 registered N-numbers
Every tail currently on the FAA registry for this make/model. Click an N-number to query the FAA Aircraft Inquiry; rows flagged ● have NTSB events on file. Tails seeded with full TallyAero pages link directly.
| N-number | St | Year | NTSB | FAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N124AR | LA | 2001 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N172AS | IL | 2000 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2549E | ID | 2000 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2553L | AL | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N2563L | MN | 2007 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N3172N | IL | 2003 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N338DW | IN | 2000 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N363MJ | VT | 2008 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N397GD | LA | 2002 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4397G | GA | 2000 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4401G | MO | 2002 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4462G | MI | 2001 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N4758T | IA | 2000 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N4829E | NM | 2000 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N50313 | IN | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N5080P | IL | 2002 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N5140L | SC | 2007 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N56352 | NE | 2000 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N6951T | TX | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7136M | WI | 2004 | · | Look up ↗ |
| N7176J | IN | 2000 | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N7285C | PA | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N75273 | PA | — | ● | Look up ↗ |
| N7587A | MI | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N92473 | FL | — | · | Look up ↗ |
| N92897 | NC | 2007 | ● | Look up ↗ |
Source — FAA Aircraft Registry · click "Look up" to query the live registry record (owner, address, last airworthiness)
05 / Sources & Methodology
Every count traces back to a primary US-government source
- FAA Aircraft Registry →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- NTSB CAROL →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- Federal Register (FAA Airworthiness Directives) →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
We render counts and lists as the agency publishes them. Read the methodology →