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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Alexander Schleicher ASK 21
N899SA is an Alexander Schleicher ASK 21, a glider with no engine, built in 2017. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Mid Atlantic Soaring Association (M-Asa), a corporation in Frederick, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 9, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for other, dated November 25, 2017.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
Where is it now Last seen Sunday at 5:03 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- ASK 21 · all ASK 21s 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- and carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 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
- 21946
- 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
- 2017
- Transponder code
- AC6854 (octal 53064124)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 9, 2017
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 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 · OtherFAA certificate purpose code O (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 25, 2017
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01253533
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association (M-Asa) (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
- 5257 Buckeystown Pike #181
Frederick, MD 21704
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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 N899SA links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 38 registered
- Alexander Schleicher 163 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association (M-Asa) 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Frederick, MD 100 aircraft registered in this town
- Frederick Municipal · FDK
- Maryland 2,348 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 13 airworthiness directives
- Where N899SA is now · Last seen Sunday at 5:03 pm.
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The public federal record on N899SA, 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 Mid Atlantic Soaring Association (M-Asa), a corporation, certificate issued November 9, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for other, dated November 25, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21946 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N899SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160 (serial CC11-00167, cancelled June 3, 2011). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N899SA. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data