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A Alexander Schleicher ASW 27, the same model family as N558CA
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N558CA

Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric gliderFlorida

N558CA is an Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18, a glider with no engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in The Villages, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 16, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated September 22, 2017.

Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME

Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 2:55 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Alexander Schleicher (Germany)
FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
Model
ASW 27-18 · all ASW 27-18s and related versions
Built of
composite
The 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Alexander 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
29096
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
2017
Transponder code
A71D56 (octal 51616526)

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 16, 2017
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
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 · RacingFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 22, 2017
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01261118

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Scarpelli Peter 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
2647 Radley Ln
The Villages, FL 32162-4442

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N558CA links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • The Villages, FL 89 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N558CA.json.

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The public federal record on N558CA, 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 Scarpelli Peter J, an individual, certificate issued August 16, 2017, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for racing, dated September 22, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29096 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N558CA 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 N558CA. 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