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A Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32), the same model family as N2457W
A Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) like this one, not N2457W itself. Photo: Ahunt at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N2457W itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N2457W

Schweizer SGS 2-33

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N2457W is a Schweizer SGS 2-33, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Hood River Soaring, a corporation in Hood River, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated June 9, 1967.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
SGS 2-33 · all SGS 2-33s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The 2-33 trainer: steel-tube fuselage under fabric, aluminium wings. This is how the Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 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
21
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
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
73 mph
Transponder code
A245F4 (octal 50442764)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 17, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 17, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 9, 1967
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00712692

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hood River Soaring
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
PO Box 1441
Hood River, OR 97031-0441

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N2457W, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Hood River Soaring, a corporation, certificate issued April 17, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N2457W according to the deregistered file. [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 N2457W. 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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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