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A Schleicher ASW-27, the same model family as N27ZL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026
N27ZL

Schleicher ASW-27

PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codesNew Jersey
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N27ZL is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Alpine, New Jersey. The FAA lists the registration as "registration pending". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated October 22, 2001. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

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Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW-27 · all ASW-27s and related versions
Built of
composite
The 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
27161
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
A2A66D (octal 50523155)

Registration

Status
Registration pendingFAA registration status code R (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
October 2, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 22, 2001
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00193887

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Registration Pending
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
PO Box 471
Alpine, NJ 07620-0471

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

2026-11-05Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Connections how N27ZL links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Alpine, NJ 1 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Jersey 3,017 aircraft registered
Record
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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N27ZL, 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.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "Registration pending". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider, dated October 22, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27161 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N27ZL according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (November 5, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N27ZL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data