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A Let L 33, the same model family as N494SW
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N494SW

Let L 33 SOLO

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas

N494SW is a Let L 33 SOLO, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility; glider, dated May 3, 1994.

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Aircraft

Maker
Let
Model
L 33 SOLO · all L 33 SOLOs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. This is how the Let L 33 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
940214
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
Not given
Transponder code
A62099 (octal 51420231)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 2, 2018
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
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 · Utility; GliderFAA certificate purpose code UG (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 3, 1994
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00544832

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Waymire Stephen L
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
10409 W Westport St
Wichita, KS 67212-7420

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.

Connections how N494SW links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Let L 33 40 registered
  • Let 178 aircraft on the register
  • Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N494SW.json.

Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N494SW, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Waymire Stephen L, an individual, certificate issued August 2, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility; glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 940214 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N494SW according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N494SW. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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