Alexander Schleicher ASW 27
N27VS is an Alexander Schleicher ASW 27, a glider with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Atlanta, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated June 8, 2023.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- 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- 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
- 27-168
- 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
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A2A60F (octal 50523017)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 4, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 4, 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 · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 8, 2023
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01400238
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jordan Patric
- 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
- 445 Cameron Valley Ct NW
Atlanta, GA 30328
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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 N27VS 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
- Atlanta, GA 1,587 aircraft registered in this town
- Cobb County Intl/Mccollum Field · RYY
- Dekalb-Peachtree Airport · PDK
- Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Field · FTY
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International · ATL
- 5 more landing places in town
- Georgia 8,790 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Alexander Schleicher ASW 27 2 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N27VS, 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 Jordan Patric, an individual, certificate issued May 4, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 8, 2023, 22 years after the 2001 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 27-168 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N27VS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Saladino Vince O SEAREY (serial KM27, cancelled February 14, 2005). 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 N27VS: Accident on July 17, 2004 at Lewisville, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Saladino Searey · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during final approach. A contributing factor was the gusty crosswind condition.
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