Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N33929 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1975. It has 2 seats. It is registered to High Flights Soaring Club INC, a corporation in Peyton, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The 2-33 trainer: steel-tube fuselage under fabric, aluminium wings. This is how the Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 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
- 411
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A3B9FE (octal 50734776)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 29, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 29, 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
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00733602
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- High Flights Soaring Club INC (flying club: 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
- 7944 Cessna Dr Unit 3
Peyton, CO 80831-6051
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N33929 links to the rest of the register
- Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 275 registered
- Schweizer 1,187 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- High Flights Soaring Club INC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Peyton, CO 92 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 4 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 20 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 11 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N33929, 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 High Flights Soaring Club INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 29, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 411 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N33929 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BL-65 (serial 2779, cancelled August 20, 1948). 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]
2 NTSB records under N33929: Accident on June 13, 2021 at Nellysford, VA: serious injuries. Accident on April 17, 1993 at Buchanan, VA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 2-33A · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate glide path to the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 2-33A · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION, INADEQUATE CREW COORDINATION, AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE UNFAVORABLE WIND AND PROXIMITY OF OBSTRUCTIONS WERE RELATED FACTORS.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data