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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 MI
N16TN is an Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 MI, a glider with a rotary engine, built in 2014. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fredericksburg, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 11, 2024.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 10:31 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASK 21 MI · all ASK 21 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 ASK 21 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
- 21912
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A0F10B (octal 50170413)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 14, 2024
- Expires
- February 28, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 15, 2025
- 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 11, 2024
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01440137
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcknight Thomas N
- 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
- 1288 Southwoods Dr
Fredericksburg, TX 78624-8210
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.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N16TN links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 38 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
- Type certificate G47EU · held by Alexander Schleicher GMBH & CO
- Fredericksburg, TX 144 aircraft registered in this town
- Gillespie County · T82
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 13 airworthiness directives
- Where N16TN is now · Last seen October 12 at 10:31 am.
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The public federal record on N16TN, 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 Mcknight Thomas N, an individual, certificate issued February 14, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 11, 2024, 10 years after the 2014 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 21912 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16TN was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN (serial 31-0028, cancelled April 5, 2018); Newell Thomas J RV6A (serial 22305, cancelled September 29, 2005). 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]
2 NTSB records under N16TN: Accident on April 12, 2005 at Hayward, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 16, 2004 at San Jose, CA: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Newell Thomas RV6-A · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to fuel system contamination. A factor in the accident was the fuel system not being flushed out after it was involved in a previous accident where the fuel tanks were damaged.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Newell RV-6A · operated under 091
The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance/speed during a precautionary landing, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the runway. Contributing factors were failure of an oil line, and the fence.
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