Jonker Sailplanes JS3
N233S is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3, a glider with turbojet engines, built in 2022. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Genoa, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 27, 2022 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated July 1, 2022.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Jonker Sailplanes (South Africa)FAA spelling: JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD
- Model
- JS3
- Serial number
- 03-138
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Turbojet, 1 motor · M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 · 350 lb thrust
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A21535 (octal 50412465)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 27, 2022
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · July 1, 2022
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- Ownership
- Fractional
- FAA record id
- 01365912
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sliwa Steven M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 1239
Genoa, NV 89411-1239
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N233S, 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 Sliwa Steven M, an individual, certificate issued June 27, 2022, expires June 30, 2029. Fractional ownership is recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated July 1, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 03-138 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N233S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 680 (serial 680-443-114, cancelled April 9, 2013). 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 N233S: Accident on September 10, 2003 at Porter, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander 680 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing. A contributing factor was the gusty winds.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW03LA222 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data