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Schleicher ASK-21
N361KS is a Schleicher ASK-21, a glider with no engine, built in 1984. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tehachapi, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated September 13, 1984.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASK-21 · all ASK-21s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe 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-fibre glider. This is how the Schleicher ASK-21 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
- 21224
- 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
- 1984
- Transponder code
- A410F5 (octal 51010365)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 27, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 27, 2026
- 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 · September 13, 1984
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00742064
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Barrett Jane T
- 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 100
Tehachapi, CA 93581-0100
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N361KS links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASK-21 43 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Tehachapi, CA 164 aircraft registered in this town
- Mountain Valley Airport · L94
- Tehachapi Municipal · TSP
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N361KS.json.
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The public federal record on N361KS, 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 Barrett Jane T, an individual, certificate issued September 27, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated September 13, 1984, consistent with the 1984 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21224 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N361KS according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N361KS: Accident on August 8, 2026 at Tehachapi, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 10, 2008 at Tehachapi, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASK-21 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASK-21 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight procedures and failure to check the spoiler control position, which resulted in the inadvertent deployment of the spoilers during takeoff. A contributing factor was the pilot's misinterpretation of the tow pilot's instructions.
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
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