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A Schleicher ASW-15, the same model family as N291W
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N291W

Schleicher ASW-15

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas

N291W is a Schleicher ASW-15, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Lenexa, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated August 20, 1971.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW-15 · all ASW-15s 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-15 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
15021
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
Not given
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A2FB25 (octal 50575445)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 5, 2020
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
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 · August 20, 1971
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00890663

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Haynes Michael J
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
14921 Rhodes Cir
Lenexa, KS 66215-6115

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N291W links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Lenexa, KS 48 aircraft registered in this town
  • Kansas 5,736 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N291W.json.

Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N291W, 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 Haynes Michael J, an individual, certificate issued November 5, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15021 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N291W according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N291W. 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 October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data