Schweizer SGS 1-26E
N33909 is a Schweizer SGS 1-26E, a glider with no engine, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to West Michigan Aviation Academy, a corporation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 30, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 20, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-26E · all SGS 1-26Es and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The 1-26 has a fabric-covered aft fuselage on early examples. This is how the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 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
- 629
- 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
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 57 mph
- Transponder code
- A3B9B8 (octal 50734670)
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 30, 2024
- Expires
- November 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- November 30, 2024
- 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 · June 20, 1975
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00962363
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- West Michigan Aviation Academy (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5363 44Th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-4093
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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 N33909 links to the rest of the register
- Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 581 registered
- Schweizer 1,187 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- West Michigan Aviation Academy 7 aircraft in the fleet
- Grand Rapids, MI 154 aircraft registered in this town
- Gerald R Ford International · GRR
- Michigan 7,217 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Schweizer SGS 1 gliders (1-26, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36) 12 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N33909, 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 West Michigan Aviation Academy, a corporation, certificate issued November 30, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 20, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 629 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N33909 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BC12-65 (serial 2760, cancelled December 16, 1942). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N33909. 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