Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co ASH 26 E
N455S is a Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co ASH 26 E, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Nashville, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for acrobatic, dated November 21, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co
- Model
- ASH 26 E · all ASH 26 Es 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co ASH 26 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
- 26183
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A5863F (octal 51303077)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 16, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 16, 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 · AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 21, 2001
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00513887
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zimmerman Walker D
- 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
- 4018 Aberdeen Rd
Nashville, TN 37205-1806
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N455S links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co ASH 26 26 registered
- Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co 26 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Nashville, TN 367 aircraft registered in this town
- John C Tune Airport · JWN
- Nashville International · BNA
- Tennessee 6,535 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co ASH 26 4 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schleicher Alexander Gmbh & Co ASH 26 1 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Drive Assy, failed · 2018-09-23
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The public federal record on N455S, 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 Zimmerman Walker D, an individual, certificate issued May 16, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for acrobatic, dated November 21, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 26183 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N455S 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]
1 NTSB record under N455S: Accident on June 15, 2010 at Parowan, UT: no 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher Alexander GMBH & CO ASH 26 E · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to see and avoid the other glider climbing in the same thermal.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data