Schweizer SGS 1-26E
N2517H is a Schweizer SGS 1-26E, a glider with no engine, built in 1976. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Connecticut Soaring Association INC, a corporation in New London, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 28, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated March 29, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26E · all SGS 1-26Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 647
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 57 mph
- Transponder code
- A25E8A (octal 50457212)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 28, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · March 29, 1976
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00872882
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Connecticut Soaring Association INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2 Westomere Ter
New London, CT 06320-4410
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2517H, 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 Connecticut Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 28, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated March 29, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 647 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2517H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (serial 3142, cancelled May 10, 1948). 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 N2517H: Accident on June 17, 2021 at Willimantic, CT: minor 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 1-26E · operated under 091
The failure of the student to achieve the proper touchdown point resulting in landing undershoot.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA276 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