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A Schweizer SGS 2 gliders (2-33 and 2-32), the same model family as N65879
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N65879

Schweizer SGS 2-33A

Renewal notice sentFAA registration status code 25: First notice for registration renewal. All codesOklahoma

N65879 is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1974. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Oklahoma Soaring Association, a corporation in Mustang, Oklahoma. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued April 15, 2014). It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 2, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
SGS 2-33A · all SGS 2-33As 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
352
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
1974
Cruising speed
73 mph
Transponder code
A8ADE1 (octal 52126741)

Registration

Status
First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 15, 2014
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 2, 1974
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00722776

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Oklahoma Soaring Association (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1042 N Ridgecrest Way
Mustang, OK 73064-2761
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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N65879 links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Mustang, OK 39 aircraft registered in this town
  • Oklahoma 5,658 aircraft registered

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N65879.json.

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The public federal record on N65879, 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.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for glider, dated August 2, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 352 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N65879 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N65879: Accident on July 8, 1990 at Norman, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

FTW90DPJ09Accident on July 8, 1990 at Norman, OK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 2-33A · operated under 091

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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 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data