Schweizer SGS 1-36
N3617E is a Schweizer SGS 1-36, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC, a corporation in Zephyrhills, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 27, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-36 · all SGS 1-36s and related versions
- Serial number
- 16
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A41355 (octal 51011525)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 17, 2020
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · February 27, 1981
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00503103
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 40223 Sunpath Ave
Zephyrhills, FL 33542-5833
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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N3617E, 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 Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 17, 2020, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 16 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3617E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-6947, cancelled December 29, 1970). 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 N3617E: Accident on May 16, 2010 at Reno, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS136 · operated under 091
The student pilot’s selection of the wrong runway for the wind conditions and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was the student's lack of total experience, lack of experience in the operating area, lack of experience in the make and model, and an inadequate evaluation of the winds during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR10CA244 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data