Schleicher ASW-19B
N53JC is a Schleicher ASW-19B, a glider with no engine, built in 1985. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Black Forest Soaring Association, a corporation in Monument, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 5, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 19, 1985.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-19B · all ASW-19Bs 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-19 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
- 19415
- 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
- 1985
- Transponder code
- A6AEDF (octal 51527337)
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 5, 2022
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 19, 1985
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00662655
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Black Forest Soaring Association (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 15954 Jackson Creek Pkwy
Ste B # 541
Monument, CO 80132-8532
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 N53JC links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASW-19 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
- Black Forest Soaring Association 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Monument, CO 72 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,486 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schleicher ASW-19 5 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schleicher ASW-19 2 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N53JC, 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 Black Forest Soaring Association, a corporation, certificate issued August 5, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 19, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 19415 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N53JC 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 N53JC: Accident on July 10, 2022 at Elbert, CO: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-19B · operated under 091
The pilot’s misidentification of the runway during the visual approach which resulted in an off runway landing and impact with a trailer.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data