Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N17939 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Journeys Aviation INC, a corporation in Boulder, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 22, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 27, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As and related versions
- Serial number
- 294
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A13D7F (octal 50236577)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 22, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · July 27, 1973
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00852510
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Journeys Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 3335 Airport Rd Ste A
Boulder, CO 80301-5407
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.
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The public federal record on N17939, 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 January 22, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated July 27, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 294 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N17939 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 N17939: Accident on September 9, 2008 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 2-33A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to use the dive brake during landing resulting in a long landing and collision.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN08CA157 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data