Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N65818 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Helgersen William A SR, a partnership in Mokena, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated October 10, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As and related versions
- Serial number
- 303
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A8AD0E (octal 52126416)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 14, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · October 10, 1973
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00572776
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Helgersen William A SR
- Type
- Partnership
- Address
- 11617 N Brightway Dr
Mokena, IL 60448-1411 - Co-owners
- Helgersen Helen E
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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 N65818, 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 Helgersen William A SR, a partnership, certificate issued November 14, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated October 10, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 303 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N65818 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]
2 NTSB records under N65818: Accident on August 6, 2025 at Monee, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 1985 at Warrenton, VA: serious 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 2-33A · operated under 091
The student pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and altitude resulting in a collision with the ground during the base to final turn.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25LA311 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 2-33A · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO85LA053 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