Schleicher ASW-27
N503CW is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Los Molinos, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 2016 and expires on May 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-27 · all ASW-27s and related versions
- Serial number
- 27165
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A6455C (octal 51442534)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 19, 2016
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- February 16, 2024
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00913927
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gillis Matthew J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 821
Los Molinos, CA 96055-0821
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N503CW, 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 Gillis Matthew J, an individual, certificate issued May 19, 2016, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27165 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N503CW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech C-45G (serial AF196, cancelled February 13, 1990). 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]
2 NTSB records under N503CW: Accident on April 12, 2013 at Middletown, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 30, 1987 at Glenns Ferry, ID: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-27 · operated under 091
The glider’s encounter with atmospheric lift conditions not sufficient to maintain flight, which resulted in a forced landing on rough terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR13CA218 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech BE18 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA87LA105 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data