Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18
N29XD is an Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18, a glider with no engine, built in 2008. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ramona, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 18, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 21, 2008.
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
- 29031
- 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
- 2008
- Transponder code
- A2F532 (octal 50572462)
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 18, 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 21, 2008
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01001550
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Palmer William F JR
- 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
- 499 Gem Ln
Ramona, CA 92065-3768
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N29XD 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
- Ramona, CA 101 aircraft registered in this town
- Ramona Airport · RNM
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Alexander Schleicher ASW 27 2 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N29XD, 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 Palmer William F JR, an individual, certificate issued November 18, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 21, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29031 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N29XD according to the deregistered file. [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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N29XD. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- 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