Schleicher ASH-25E
N555AB is a Schleicher ASH-25E, a glider with no engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tehachapi, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 30, 1993.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASH-25E · all ASH-25Es 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 ASH-25 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
- 25041
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- 1992
- Transponder code
- A71200 (octal 51611000)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 26, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 26, 2026
- 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 · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 30, 1993
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00188108
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Knerr Joshua 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
- 16334 Harris Rd Apt 29
Tehachapi, CA 93561-6458
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N555AB links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASH-25 9 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Tehachapi, CA 162 aircraft registered in this town
- Mountain Valley Airport · L94
- Tehachapi Municipal · TSP
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schleicher ASH-25 3 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N555AB, 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 Knerr Joshua D, an individual, certificate issued January 26, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 30, 1993, consistent with the 1992 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25041 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N555AB 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 N555AB: Accident on May 15, 1993 at Peyton, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASH 25 E · operated under 091
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Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data