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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-36-A
N2521X is a Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-36-A, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in New Prague, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated July 6, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln
- Model
- SZD-36-A
- Serial number
- W-600
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A2617D (octal 50460575)
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 24, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 24, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 6, 2000
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00035770
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Reader Steven M
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 25578 Willow Ln
New Prague, MN 56071-8890
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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
Connections how N2521X links to the rest of the register
- Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln 26 aircraft on the register
- New Prague, MN 13 aircraft registered in this town
- Minnesota 6,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2521X.json.
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The public federal record on N2521X, 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 Reader Steven M, an individual, certificate issued April 24, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 6, 2000, 28 years after the 1972 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial W-600 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2521X was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna P206 (serial P2060021, cancelled May 27, 1992). 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 N2521X: Accident on August 1, 1989 at Punta Abriejos: 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: Cessna P206 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data