Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18
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
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASW 27-18 · all ASW 27-18s 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Alexander 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
- 29058
- 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
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A2A468 (octal 50522150)
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 24, 2015
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01067895
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Clark Harold R
- 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
- 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
Connections how N27CU links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASW 27 44 registered
- Alexander Schleicher 163 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Saint Johns, FL 22 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Alexander Schleicher ASW 27 2 airworthiness directives
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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.
Valid registration to Clark Harold R, an individual, certificate issued September 24, 2015, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29058 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N27CU according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 14, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N27CU: Accident on April 20, 2026 at Greenwood, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
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.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data