Schweizer SGS 1-26E
N1139S is a Schweizer SGS 1-26E, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Fault Line Flyers INC, a corporation in Leander, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 1994 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated March 10, 1972.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26E · all SGS 1-26Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 519
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 57 mph
- Transponder code
- A03AFC (octal 50035374)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 15, 1994
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 10, 1972
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00101150
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fault Line Flyers INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- PO Box 1428
Leander, TX 78646-1428
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1139S, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Fault Line Flyers INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 15, 1994, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated March 10, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 519 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1139S according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1139S: Accident on July 27, 1992 at Ridgeland, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 1-26E · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE INFLIGHT PLANNING RESULTING IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH A WINDSHIFT ON FINAL APPROACH.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data