Schleicher ASW-27
N27CE is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Irvine, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated September 19, 2019.
Where is it now Last seen October 9 at 3:17 pm.
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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
- 27002
- 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
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A2A45A (octal 50522132)
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 26, 2026
- Expires
- July 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- July 26, 2026
- 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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 19, 2019
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00815811
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mccarthy Evan
- 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
- 22 Santa Rida
Irvine, CA 92606-8874
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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 N27CE 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
- Irvine, CA 149 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- Where N27CE is now · Last seen October 9 at 3:17 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N27CE.json.
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The public federal record on N27CE, 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 Mccarthy Evan, an individual, certificate issued July 26, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 19, 2019, 22 years after the 1997 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 27002 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N27CE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Shoemaker James B KR-2 (serial 81, cancelled September 12, 2013). 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 N27CE: Accident on January 27, 2013 at Palmetto, FL: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Shoemaker James B KR-2 · operated under 091
The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a forced landing.
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