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A Schleicher ASW-27, the same model family as N127FP
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026
N127FP

Schleicher ASW-27

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMassachusetts

N127FP is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Acton, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW-27 · all ASW-27s and related versions
Built of
composite
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Schleicher ASW-27 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
27065
Type
GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A06E3E (octal 50067076)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 9, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 9, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00436941

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Foertsch Eric R
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
45 Nylander Way
Acton, MA 01720-3568
Co-owners
Foertsch Catherine S

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.

Connections how N127FP links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Acton, MA 14 aircraft registered in this town
  • Massachusetts 2,646 aircraft registered

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N127FP.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N127FP, 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 Foertsch Eric R, a co-owned, certificate issued May 9, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27065 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N127FP 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 N127FP: Accident on July 31, 2004 at Windsor, VA: 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

NYC04LA182Accident on July 31, 2004 at Windsor, VA: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-27 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper use of a navigation aid, which resulted in him becoming lost, and having to perform a forced landing.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data