Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N65852 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bakersfield, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 20, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 21, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As and related versions
- Serial number
- 342
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 73 mph
- Transponder code
- A8AD94 (octal 52126624)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 20, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 2, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · June 21, 1974
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00232766
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Peterson Adam
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 16432 Blake Island Ct
Bakersfield, CA 93314-8122
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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 N65852, 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 Peterson Adam, an individual, certificate issued July 20, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 342 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N65852 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 N65852: Accident on October 22, 1995 at Barre, MA: minor 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 2-33 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper inflight planning/decision, which resulted in his failure to return to the airport after encountering an area of no thermal lift, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering to avoid an obstruction during an off airport landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC96LA016 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