Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18
N8241 is an Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18, a glider with no engine, built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in San Francisco, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated February 10, 2016.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASW 27-18 · all ASW 27-18s and related versions
- Serial number
- 29093
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2015
- Transponder code
- AB4232 (octal 52641062)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 2, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · February 10, 2016
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01208221
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ashcraft Luke
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 668 Carolina St
San Francisco, CA 94107-2726
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8241, 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 Ashcraft Luke, an individual, certificate issued March 2, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated February 10, 2016, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29093 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8241 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bensen Gyrocopter B-8MJ (serial A1443, cancelled April 8, 1993). 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 N8241: Accident on August 15, 1991 at Turlock, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Benson/Ambrocini/Wentzel B-8MJ · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S OVER ROTATION OF THE GYROCOPTER DURING THE TAKEOFF SEQUENCE WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE POOR MAINTENANCE PRACTICES PERFORMED ON THE MACHINE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX91LA359 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