Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI
N20SW is an Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI, a glider with a rotary engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Winter Haven, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 2, 2017.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASH 31 MI
- Serial number
- 31160
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Rotary, 1 motor · Austro IAE 50R-AA · 56 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A1914F (octal 50310517)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 12, 2020
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · February 2, 2017
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01251880
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Buchanan Roger N
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1400 N Lake Eloise Dr
Winter Haven, FL 33884-1998
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
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The public federal record on N20SW, 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 Buchanan Roger N, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2020, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated February 2, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31160 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N20SW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 737-2H4 (serial 21337, cancelled June 21, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N20SW: Accident on May 25, 2024 at Winter Haven, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher GMBH & CO ASH 31 MI · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to ensure that a suitable landing area was available in case the restart of the motor glider’s engine was unsuccessful. Contributing, was insufficient battery charge to extend the motor glider’s pylon assembly.
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- 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