Alexander Schleicher AS 33ES
N988PA is an Alexander Schleicher AS 33ES, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2020. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in San Jose, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 21, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 25, 2021.
Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Schleicher (Germany)FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
- Model
- AS 33ES · all AS 33ESs 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 AS 33 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
- 33006
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Solo 2350 SER · 26 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- ADCA22 (octal 53345042)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 21, 2021
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 25, 2021
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01333643
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alexander Peter T
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3263 Yuba Ave
San Jose, CA 95117-3079
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N988PA links to the rest of the register
- Alexander Schleicher AS 33 16 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
- Solo 2350 series 41 aircraft with this engine series · 26 hp
- San Jose, CA 371 aircraft registered in this town
- Mineta San Jose International · SJC
- Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County · RHV
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N988PA, 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 Alexander Peter T, an individual, certificate issued January 21, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated February 25, 2021, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33006 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N988PA 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 N988PA: Incident on June 25, 2008 at Teterboro, NJ: no injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Learjet 45 · operated under 135
The local air traffic controller's failure to follow published procedures and directives, resulting in a landing airplane coming in close proximity to runway workers.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data