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A Schleicher ASW-19, the same model family as N196H
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026
N196H

Schleicher ASW-19

Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes

N196H is a Schleicher ASW-19, a glider with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Alberta. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated December 27, 1977.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW-19 · all ASW-19s 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-19 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
19139
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
1977
Transponder code
A17F24 (octal 50277444)

Registration

Status
Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
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Last FAA action
August 18, 2026
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 · December 27, 1977
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00882990

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sale Reported
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
250043 Range Rd 264
Alberta, T1P077

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 2

1951-10-04Rearwin 175 · Valid registration
1931-07-08Sikorsky S-38-B · exported to Cuba · Valid registration

Connections how N196H links to the rest of the register

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Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N196H, 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.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "Sale reported". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider, dated December 27, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 19139 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N196H was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Rearwin 175 (serial 1568, cancelled October 4, 1951); Sikorsky S-38-B (serial 114-16, cancelled July 8, 1931). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N196H. 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 November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data