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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI
N12BZ is an Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI, a glider with a rotary engine, built in 2020. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Tucson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated January 14, 2021.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASH 31 MI · all ASH 31 MIs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 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
- 31209
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- RotaryFAA type of engine code 11 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Austro IAE 50R-AA · 56 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- A0518A (octal 50050612)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 1, 2025
- Expires
- April 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 14, 2021
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01332246
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Malone Daniel Charles
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 11020 N Canada Ridge Dr
Tucson, AZ 85737-8796
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N12BZ links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 40 registered
- Alexander Schleicher 163 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Austro Engine IAE 50R-AA 51 aircraft with this engine series · 56 hp
- Tucson, AZ 735 aircraft registered in this town
- Ryan Field · RYN
- Tucson International · TUS
- Arizona 8,410 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N12BZ, 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 Malone Daniel Charles, an individual, certificate issued April 1, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing, dated January 14, 2021, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31209 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N12BZ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Walker Robert L BREEZY (serial 001, cancelled May 23, 2017). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N12BZ: Accident on August 27, 1999 at Janesville, WI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Walker BREEZY · operated under 091
the inadvertent stall. A factor relating to this accident was the pilot's excessive climb rate.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data