Schweizer SGS 2-33AK
N65809 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33AK, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Civil Air Patrol INC, a corporation in Montgomery, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 18, 1996 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 11, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-33AK · all SGS 2-33AKs and related versions
- Serial number
- 311
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A8ACEC (octal 52126354)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 18, 1996
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 11, 1974
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00092766
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Civil Air Patrol INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 105 S Hansell St
Montgomery, AL 36113-6332
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.
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The public federal record on N65809, 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 Civil Air Patrol INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 18, 1996, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated July 11, 1974, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 311 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N65809 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 N65809: Accident on June 19, 1996 at Mattoon, IL: 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: Schweizer SGS 2-33AK · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the glider. Factors were the runway sign and the failure of the pilot to maintain a visual lookout.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI96TA260 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data