Schleicher ASW-27
N81KP is a Schleicher ASW-27, a glider with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Livermore, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 6, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated July 17, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASW-27 · all ASW-27s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe 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
- 27041
- 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
- 1997
- Transponder code
- AB07F2 (octal 52603762)
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 6, 2017
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 17, 1997
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00846561
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Suter Laurance J
- 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
- 1643 Warsaw Ave
Livermore, CA 94550-6139
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N81KP links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASW-27 90 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Livermore, CA 182 aircraft registered in this town
- Livermore Municipal · LVK
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N81KP.json.
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The public federal record on N81KP, 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 Suter Laurance J, an individual, certificate issued October 6, 2017, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated July 17, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27041 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N81KP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Prout Paul E LONG-EZE (serial 292, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N81KP: Accident on November 7, 2020 at Clayton, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 25, 1983 at Geyserville, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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: Schleicher ASW27 · operated under 091
The failure of both pilots of each glider to see an avoid one another while maneuvering, which resulted in a mid-air collision.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Prout LONG-EZE · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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