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N27CU

Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18

Valid Electric gliderFlorida

N27CU is an Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Saint Johns, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 24, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME

Aircraft

Maker
Alexander Schleicher (Germany)
FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
Model
ASW 27-18 · all ASW 27-18s and related versions
Serial number
29058
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A2A468 (octal 50522150)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 24, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01067895

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Clark Harold R
Type
Individual
Address
750 Natures Hammock Rd W
Saint Johns, FL 32259-2881

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 1

2026-09-14Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N27CU, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Clark Harold R, an individual, certificate issued September 24, 2015, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29058 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N27CU according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 14, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N27CU: Accident on April 20, 2026 at Greenwood, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ERA26LA199Accident on April 20, 2026 at Greenwood, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Alexander Schleicher GMBH & CO ASW 27-18 · operated under 091

The glider pilot’s encounter with a strong sink/loss of lift, which resulted in a forced landing to unsuitable terrain.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26LA199 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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