N3617U is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Schweizer SGS 1-36 built in 1981. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 4, 2021. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Schweizer SGS 1-36 cancelled September 4, 2021
- Serial number
- 18
- Type
- Glider · None
- Year built
- 1981
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- May 1, 2012
- Last FAA action
- December 20, 2017
- Last owner
- Sierra Fliers LLC (LLC)
Reno, NV - Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider
Cessna 182F cancelled September 5, 1963
- Serial number
- 18255017
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Venezuela
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N3617U
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 1-36 · serial 18
The glider’s encounter with insufficient atmospheric lift to maintain soaring flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 1-36 · serial 18
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site