Schleicher ASW-27
N45EM is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine, built in 1996. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hampton, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated February 22, 1996.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-27 · all ASW-27s 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 ASW-27 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
- 27007
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 1996
- Transponder code
- A57033 (octal 51270063)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 3, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 3, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 22, 1996
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00765811
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Glaab Louis J
- 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
- 161 Alaric Dr
Hampton, VA 23664-1949
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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 N45EM links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASW-27 90 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Hampton, VA 73 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N45EM.json.
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The public federal record on N45EM, 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 Glaab Louis J, an individual, certificate issued October 3, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated February 22, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27007 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N45EM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Sauls Hunter A Jr RV-4 (serial 29, cancelled August 14, 1992). 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 N45EM: Accident on April 3, 1991 at Santa Paula, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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: Herbert W. Ross RV-4 · operated under 091
THAT THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE WRONG FUEL TANK AND THE PASSENGER INTERFERED WITH THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WHEN THE SEAT BACK FAILED.
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