Schweizer SGS 1-26D
N126BV is a Schweizer SGS 1-26D, a glider with no engine, built in 1968. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Richland, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated October 18, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26D · all SGS 1-26Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 422
- 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
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 58 mph
- Transponder code
- A06A29 (octal 50065051)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 21, 2018
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 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 · October 18, 1968
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00523517
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Collins Dennis L
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 1761 George Washington Way # 114
Richland, WA 99354-2303
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.
Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear
The public federal record on N126BV, 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 Collins Dennis L, an individual, certificate issued May 21, 2018, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated October 18, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 422 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N126BV 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N126BV. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- 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
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