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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026I.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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania)
- Model
- IS-28B2 · all IS-28B2s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. This is how the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 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
- 357
- 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
- 1992
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- AB37F4 (octal 52633764)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 2007
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 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 · July 27, 1995
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00045482
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merlin Soaring Association INC (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
- 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
Connections how N8217W links to the rest of the register
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 22 registered
- I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) 24 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Merlin Soaring Association INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Amelia Court House, VA 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28 6 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N8217W.json.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data