Schweizer SGS 1-34
N134BC is a Schweizer SGS 1-34, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Journeys Aviation INC, a corporation in Boulder, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 24, 2020 and expires on March 31, 2034. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 21, 1978.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-34 · all SGS 1-34s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The 1-26 has a fabric-covered aft fuselage on early examples. This is how the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 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
- 85
- 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 · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 58 mph
- Transponder code
- A08A29 (octal 50105051)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 24, 2020
- Expires
- March 31, 2034
- Last FAA action
- November 10, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 21, 1978
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00521410
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Journeys Aviation INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3335 Airport Rd Ste A
Boulder, CO 80301-5407
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N134BC links to the rest of the register
- Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 581 registered
- Schweizer 1,187 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Journeys Aviation INC 14 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to March 20, 2027
- Boulder, CO 222 aircraft registered in this town
- Boulder Municipal · BDU
- Colorado 7,484 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 12 supplemental type certificates
- Where N134BC is now · Last seen yesterday at 12:53 pm.
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The public federal record on N134BC, 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 Journeys Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 24, 2020, expires March 31, 2034. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 21, 1978, 5 years after the 1973 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 85 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N134BC 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 N134BC: Accident on June 27, 2018 at Boulder, CO: no 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 SGS 1 34 · operated under 091
The student pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data