Schweizer SGS 1-26E
N2781H is a Schweizer SGS 1-26E, a glider with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Brackettville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 24, 2012 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated December 19, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26E · all SGS 1-26Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 671
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 57 mph
- Transponder code
- A2C6B7 (octal 50543267)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 24, 2012
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- February 10, 2025
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 19, 1977
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00890183
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bjork Richard
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- PO Box 1238
Brackettville, TX 78832-1238
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 N2781H, 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 Bjork Richard, an individual, certificate issued January 24, 2012, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated December 19, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 671 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2781H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Engineering & Research 415-C (serial 3406, cancelled August 29, 1969). 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]
2 NTSB records under N2781H: Accident on April 13, 1997 at Waynesboro, VA: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on June 23, 1992 at Waynesboro, VA: serious 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 1-26E · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL WHILE ON APPROACH. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE, AN IMPROPERLY PLANNED APPROACH, AND THE GUSTY WINDS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data