Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N33968 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1974. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Franconia Soaring Assoication INC, a corporation in Franconia, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2012 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 25, 1975.
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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
- 368
- 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
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A3BA89 (octal 50735211)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 22, 2012
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- 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 · February 25, 1975
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00262403
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Franconia Soaring Assoication INC
- 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
- PO Box 956
Franconia, NH 03580-0956
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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 N33968 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
- Franconia Soaring Assoication INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Franconia, NH 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Franconia Airport · 1B5
- New Hampshire 1,555 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 N33968, 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 Franconia Soaring Assoication INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 22, 2012, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated February 25, 1975, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 368 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N33968 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BF12-65 (serial 2820, cancelled May 13, 1955). 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 N33968. 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