Schweizer SGS 1-36
N96CG is a Schweizer SGS 1-36, a glider with no engine, built in 1981. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rapid City, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 29, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 1-36 · all SGS 1-36s and related versions
- Serial number
- 30
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- AD5A06 (octal 53255006)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 31, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · June 29, 1981
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00763113
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Glasford John T
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 321 Minnesota St
Rapid City, SD 57701-6203
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N96CG, 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 Glasford John T, an individual, certificate issued January 31, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated June 29, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N96CG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Corken/Guillet CHRISTEN EAGLE II (serial DASCOMB 001, cancelled October 30, 2003). 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 N96CG: Accident on August 10, 2002 at Kaneville, IL: minor injuries, substantial 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: Corken/Guillet Christen Eagle II · operated under 091
Loss of engine power due to an engine bearing failure.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data