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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
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASH 31 MI · all ASH 31 MIs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 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
- 31160
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- RotaryFAA type of engine code 11 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Austro IAE 50R-AA · 56 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A1914F (octal 50310517)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 12, 2020
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 2, 2017
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01251880
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Buchanan Roger N
- 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
- 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
Connections how N20SW links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 40 registered
- Alexander Schleicher 163 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Austro Engine IAE 50R-AA 51 aircraft with this engine series · 56 hp
- Winter Haven, FL 131 aircraft registered in this town
- Winter Haven Regional · GIF
- Jack Browns Seaplane Base · F57
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Battery Pack, discharged · 1997-06-27
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, cracked · 1997-06-24
- Report filed on this aircraft: Actuator, failed · 1997-06-01
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data