Schleicher ASW-27B
N273W is a Schleicher ASW-27B, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Belmont, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 1, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 18, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-27B · all ASW-27Bs 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
- 27192
- 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
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A2B395 (octal 50531625)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 1, 2016
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 18, 2003
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00013379
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hogben Andrew T
- 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
- 507 Middlesex Rd
Belmont, CA 94002-2526
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N273W 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
- Belmont, CA 30 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N273W.json.
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The public federal record on N273W, 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 Hogben Andrew T, an individual, certificate issued September 1, 2016, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated April 18, 2003, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27192 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N273W 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 N273W: Accident on March 11, 2007 at Williams, CA: 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: Schleicher ASW-27B · operated under 091
The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude and delay in retracting the spoilers that led to an undershoot, which resulted in a collision with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data