Schleicher ASW-27
N2727B is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wurtsboro, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 30, 2000.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-27 · all ASW-27s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Schleicher ASW-27 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
- 27137
- 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
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A2B139 (octal 50530471)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 16, 2015
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 26, 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 30, 2000
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00395870
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zelek Daniel
- 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
- 344 Yankee Lake Rd
Wurtsboro, NY 12790-8504
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 2
Connections how N2727B links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASW-27 90 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wurtsboro, NY 25 aircraft registered in this town
- Wurtsboro/Sullivan County · N82
- New York 6,669 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Spring, weak · 1996-06-19
- Report filed on this aircraft: Air Dist, odor · 1996-05-16
- Report filed on this aircraft: Connector, disconnected · 1995-11-01
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2727B.json.
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The public federal record on N2727B, 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 Zelek Daniel, an individual, certificate issued July 16, 2015, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 30, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27137 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2727B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Fairchild SA227-AC (serial AC730, cancelled December 9, 1996); Aero Commander 560 (serial 227, cancelled May 14, 1971). 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 N2727B: Incident on May 17, 1995 at Spokane, WA: no injuries. 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: Fairchild SA227-AC · operated under 135
A SHORTED ELECTRICAL WIRING ON THE ELEVATOR TRIM SYSTEM.
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
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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data