Schleicher ASW-27
N321ER is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Richfield Springs, New York. The FAA lists the registration as "registration pending". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated September 4, 1998. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-27 · all ASW-27s and related versions
- Serial number
- 27091
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A3727B (octal 50671173)
Registration
- Status
- Registration pending
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- August 10, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · September 4, 1998
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00953726
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Registration Pending
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 467 Earl Rd
Richfield Springs, NY 13439-3421
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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N321ER, 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.
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]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27091 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N321ER according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 10, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N321ER: Accident on May 26, 2026 at Saratoga Springs, NY: fatal (1 fatal). Details below. [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.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-27 · operated under 091
On May 26, 2026, about 1347 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-25-235 airplane, N8656L, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Saratoga Springs, New York. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 glider aerotow flight. The airplane was conducting an aerotow of a Schleicher ASW27 glider, N321ER via the glider’s center of gravity tow hook at Saratoga County Airport (5B2), Saratoga Springs, NY. Surveillance video showed that shortly after liftoff, at an altitude of about 200 ft, the glider pitched up and…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26FA214 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data