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A Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32), the same model family as N5739S
A Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) like this one, not N5739S itself. Photo: Ahunt at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N5739S itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026
N5739S

Schweizer SGS 2-33

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N5739S is a Schweizer SGS 2-33, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cresson, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 6, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
SGS 2-33 · all SGS 2-33s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The 2-33 trainer: steel-tube fuselage under fabric, aluminium wings. This is how the Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32) 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
81
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
Not given
Cruising speed
73 mph
Transponder code
A75D32 (octal 51656462)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 6, 2025
Expires
April 30, 2032
Last FAA action
April 6, 2025
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
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00196368

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Welsh Christopher R
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
137 Constellation Dr
Cresson, TX 76035-5839

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N5739S links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Cresson, TX 71 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,976 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N5739S, 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 Welsh Christopher R, an individual, certificate issued April 6, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; 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 81 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5739S 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 N5739S. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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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 November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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