Schweizer SGS 2-32
N17970 is a Schweizer SGS 2-32, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Up Up & Away LLC, an LLC in Stowe, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2003 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 17, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-32 · all SGS 2-32s and related versions
- Serial number
- 80
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A13E02 (octal 50237002)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 7, 2003
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 17, 1973
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00222510
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Up Up & Away LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- C/O Don Post
1938 Taber Hill Rd
Stowe, VT 05672-4442
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 N17970, 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 Up Up & Away LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 7, 2003, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated April 17, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N17970 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 N17970: Accident on August 29, 2018 at Morrisville, VT: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal). 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 32 · operated under 091
The pilot's exceedance of the glider's critical angle of attack while maneuvering, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to operate the glider outside of its published weight limitations.
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
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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