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A Schleicher ASW-15, the same model family as N18CF
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N18CF

Schleicher ASW-15

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N18CF is a Schleicher ASW-15, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Torrance, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated May 7, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW-15 · all ASW-15s and related versions
Built of
composite
The 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-15 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
15187
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
1972
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A13E8B (octal 50237213)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 17, 2012
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 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 · May 7, 1974
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00682520

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Levy Niv
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3116 W 185Th St
Torrance, CA 90504-5004
Co-owners
Atkins Sharona

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N18CF links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N18CF, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Levy Niv, a co-owned, certificate issued April 17, 2012, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider, dated May 7, 1974, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15187 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N18CF according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N18CF. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data