I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28B2
N8217W is an I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28B2, a glider with no engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Merlin Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Amelia Court House, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2007 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 27, 1995.
Aircraft
- Maker
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania)
- Model
- IS-28B2 · all IS-28B2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 357
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1992
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- AB37F4 (octal 52633764)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 2007
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · July 27, 1995
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00045482
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merlin Soaring Association INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 10949 Bevils Bridge Rd
Amelia Court House, VA 23002-3634 - Co-owners
- Chapter 20210 Of The Soaring Society Of America
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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 2
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N8217W, 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 Merlin Soaring Association INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 22, 2007, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 27, 1995, 3 years after the 1992 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 357 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8217W was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech B36TC (serial EA517, cancelled May 16, 1991); Piper PA-28-180 (serial 28-2350, cancelled May 6, 1975). 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]
1 NTSB record under N8217W: Accident on May 12, 2026 at Scotts Fork, VA: fatal, minor 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: I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28B2 · operated under 091
The photographer’s failure to remain clear of an active taxiway.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26LA207 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data