Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N3616Q is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1981. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Senoia, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 28, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 8, 1981.
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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
- 567
- 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
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A4133C (octal 51011474)
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 28, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 27, 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 · April 8, 1981
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00363093
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Skibinski James
- 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
- 41 Musick Park Dr
Senoia, GA 30276-3438
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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 N3616Q 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
- Senoia, GA 74 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,790 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 N3616Q, 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 Skibinski James, an individual, certificate issued March 28, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated April 8, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 567 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3616Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech A23-19 (serial MB-238, cancelled August 29, 1974). 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]
1 NTSB record under N3616Q: Accident on July 10, 2022 at Waynesville, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 2-33A · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of situational awareness (geographic position), which resulted in his inability to locate the intended landing runway and his decision to perform an off-airport landing.
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