Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N17888 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tehachapi, California. The FAA lists the registration as "registration pending". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated November 7, 1972.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As and related versions
- Serial number
- 258
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A13A76 (octal 50235166)
Registration
- Status
- Registration pending
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- May 13, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · November 7, 1972
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00472490
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Registration Pending
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 100
Tehachapi, CA 93581-0100
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 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N17888, 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.
Registration status is "Registration pending". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated November 7, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 258 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N17888 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Douglas C-53 (serial 11682, cancelled December 22, 1965). 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 N17888: Accident on October 15, 2007 at Tehachapi, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 2-33A · operated under 091
The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude that led to an undershoot, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data