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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Schleicher ASW-17
N170FF is a Schleicher ASW-17, a glider with no engine, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Glen Rose, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2008 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated March 22, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-17 · all ASW-17s 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-fibre glider. This is how the Schleicher ASW-17 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
- 17044
- 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
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 102 mph
- Transponder code
- A119B0 (octal 50214660)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 22, 2008
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- 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 · March 22, 1976
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00912260
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shryack Mark e
- 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
- PO Box 1193
Glen Rose, TX 76043-1193
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N170FF links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASW-17 5 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Glen Rose, TX 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schleicher ASW-17 3 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N170FF.json.
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The public federal record on N170FF, 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 Shryack Mark e, an individual, certificate issued July 22, 2008, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated March 22, 1976, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17044 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N170FF 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 N170FF. 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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data