Schweizer SGU 2-22EK
N2723Z is a Schweizer SGU 2-22EK, a glider with no engine, built in 1964. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Solvang, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 22, 1964.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGU 2-22EK · all SGU 2-22EKs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. Steel-tube fuselage under fabric, aluminium wings. This is how the Schweizer SGU 2 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
- 179
- 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
- 1964
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A2B0C3 (octal 50530303)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 16, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 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 · April 22, 1964
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00300003
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Owen Bryce C
- 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
- 2580 Quail Valley Rd
Solvang, CA 93463-9612
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2723Z links to the rest of the register
- Schweizer SGU 2 74 registered
- Schweizer 1,187 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Solvang, CA 22 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schweizer SGU 2 3 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Schweizer SGU 2 8 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N2723Z, 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 Owen Bryce C, an individual, certificate issued June 16, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated April 22, 1964, consistent with the 1964 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 179 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2723Z 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 N2723Z: Accident on August 14, 1986 at Easton, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 2-22EK · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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