Alexander Schleicher ASG 32 MI
N298PA is an Alexander Schleicher ASG 32 MI, a glider with a rotary engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Lexington, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated January 24, 2017.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASG 32 MI · all ASG 32 MIs 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 ASG 32 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
- 32027
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- RotaryFAA type of engine code 11 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Austro IAE 50R-AA · 56 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2016
- Transponder code
- A31478 (octal 50612170)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 23, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 23, 2024
- 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 · January 24, 2017
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01239618
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Blieden Ira A
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6 Franklin Rd
Lexington, MA 02420-3518 - Co-owners
- Keller Catherine M / Keller Shaun C
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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 N298PA links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASG 32 15 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
- Austro Engine IAE 50R-AA 51 aircraft with this engine series · 56 hp
- Lexington, MA 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N298PA, 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 Blieden Ira A, a co-owned, certificate issued April 23, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated January 24, 2017, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32027 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N298PA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 (serial 2843507, cancelled August 24, 2004). 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 N298PA: Accident on January 19, 2004 at Fort Pierce, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
The flight instructor's failure to comply with the instrument approach procedure in that he descended prematurely below decision height resulting in an in-flight collision with trees, power lines and the ground. Contributing factors were the dark night light condition and the low ceiling.
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