N17976 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Schweizer SGS 1-35. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 29, 2000. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Schweizer SGS 1-35 cancelled August 29, 2000
- Serial number
- 4
- Type
- Glider · None
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- August 8, 1997
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2000
- Last owner
- Peterson Nancy J (Co-owned)
Lexington, MA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N17976
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 135 · serial 4
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a turn, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent uncontrolled descent into water.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site