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A Alexander Schleicher AS 33, the same model family as N33UC
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N33UC

Alexander Schleicher AS 33 ME

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric gliderElectricAlaska

N33UC is an Alexander Schleicher AS 33 ME, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2025. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Girdwood, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated May 19, 2025.

Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME

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Aircraft

Maker
Alexander Schleicher (Germany)
FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
Model
AS 33 ME · all AS 33 MEs and related versions
Built of
composite
The 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 AS 33 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
33514
Type
GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A3953B (octal 50712473)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 20, 2025
Expires
March 31, 2032
Last FAA action
March 20, 2025
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 · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 19, 2025
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01496609

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Essex Keith
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
PO Box 1047
Girdwood, AK 99587-1047

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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The public federal record on N33UC, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Essex Keith, an individual, certificate issued March 20, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for racing, dated May 19, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33514 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N33UC according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N33UC. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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