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A Schleicher ASW-27, the same model family as N627RL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N627RL

Schleicher ASW27-18

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMassachusetts

N627RL is a Schleicher ASW27-18, a glider with no engine, built in 2006. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Waltham, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 31, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated February 1, 2007.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW27-18 · all ASW27-18s 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-fibre glider. This is how the 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
29020
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
2006
Transponder code
A831C0 (octal 52030700)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 31, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 31, 2025
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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 1, 2007
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00309969

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Koepper Mark 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
24 Marianne Rd
Waltham, MA 02452-6218

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N627RL links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Waltham, MA 9 aircraft registered in this town
  • Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N627RL, 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 Koepper Mark D, an individual, certificate issued October 31, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated February 1, 2007, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29020 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N627RL 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 N627RL. 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