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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 MI
N218RC is an Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 MI, a glider with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Overwatch Tools INC, a corporation in Chesapeake, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASK 21 MI · all ASK 21 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 ASK 21 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
- 211002
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Austro AE330 · 171 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A1D8B4 (octal 50354264)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2025
- Expires
- May 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- May 9, 2025
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01504477
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Overwatch Tools INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 300 Woodards Ford Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322-4349
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.
Connections how N218RC links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 38 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 AE330 2 aircraft with this engine series · 171 hp
- Overwatch Tools INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Chesapeake, VA 150 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 13 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N218RC.json.
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The public federal record on N218RC, 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 Overwatch Tools INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 9, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 211002 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N218RC according to the deregistered file. [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 N218RC: Accident on October 5, 1983 at Montgomery, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 58 · operated under 135
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- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data