Schweizer SGS 1-26E
N2515H is a Schweizer SGS 1-26E, a glider with no engine, built in 1976. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Merlin Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Amelia Court House, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2007 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 29, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26E · all SGS 1-26Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 655
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 57 mph
- Transponder code
- A25E44 (octal 50457104)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 2007
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · June 29, 1976
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00712892
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merlin Soaring Association INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 10949 Bevils Bridge Rd
Amelia Court House, VA 23002-3634 - Co-owners
- Chapter 20210 Of The Soaring Society Of America
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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 N2515H, 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 Merlin Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 22, 2007, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 29, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 655 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2515H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (serial 3140, cancelled April 24, 1950). 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 N2515H: Accident on October 3, 1982 at Kutztown, PA: 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 SGS1-26 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC83LA001 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