Schweizer SGS 2-32
N9857E is a Schweizer SGS 2-32, a glider with no engine, built in 1965. It has 3 seats. It is registered to K&L Soaring LLC, an LLC in Cayuta, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2014 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 5, 1965.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- SGS 2-32 · all SGS 2-32s and related versions
- Serial number
- 24
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- ADC109 (octal 53340411)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 12, 2014
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · October 5, 1965
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00963650
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- K&L Soaring LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 5996 State Route 224
Cayuta, NY 14824-9723
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N9857E, 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 K&L Soaring LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 12, 2014, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated October 5, 1965, consistent with the 1965 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9857E according to the deregistered file. [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 N9857E: Accident on April 27, 2013 at Shirley, NY: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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: Schweizer SGS 2-32 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during final approach, which resulted in a stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s likely impairment due to an over-the-counter sedating antihistamine.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA13FA215 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