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N1229S

Schweizer SGS 2-33A

Valid Florida

N1229S is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1971. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ocala, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 21, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 22, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As and related versions
Serial number
214
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
2
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
73 mph
Transponder code
A05EC4 (octal 50057304)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 21, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · June 22, 1971
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00620420

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Burbank Franklin R
Type
Individual
Address
15992 SW 15Th Ct
Ocala, FL 34473-4038

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N1229S, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Burbank Franklin R, an individual, certificate issued June 21, 2011, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider, dated June 22, 1971, consistent with the 1971 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 214 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1229S according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N1229S: Accident on December 29, 1984 at Orlando, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA85LA068Accident on December 29, 1984 at Orlando, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 2-33A · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA85LA068 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data