Schweizer SGS 1-26D
N249AF is a Schweizer SGS 1-26D, a glider with no engine, built in 1968. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Chesapeake, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated September 30, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26D · all SGS 1-26Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 421
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 58 mph
- Transponder code
- A25174 (octal 50450564)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 12, 2019
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · September 30, 1968
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00552802
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Blakeslee Raymond D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4129 Maple Dr
Chesapeake, VA 23321-1916
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.
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The public federal record on N249AF, 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 Blakeslee Raymond D, an individual, certificate issued November 12, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated September 30, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 421 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N249AF 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 N249AF: Accident on July 4, 2022 at Windsor, VA: 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: Schweizer SGS 1-26D · operated under 091
The glider’s encounter with atmospheric conditions, where lift was not sufficient to maintain flight.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA22LA365 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
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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