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Arlington SISU 1

7 on the U.S. register. Built from 1963 to 1965; half of them date from 1964 or earlier. Texas has the most (2). 14% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Arlington SISU 1: American glider
Photo: Cliff from I now live in Arlington, VA (Outside Washington DC), USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Sisu 1A on Wikipedia

About the SISU 1 from the FAA's model table

Type
Glider · Gliders
Power
None
Common engines
None None (7)
Seats
1
Cruise speed
about 60 mph
Built of
composite · A glass-fibre glider.
Maker on the register
Arlington
Registered
earliest certificate March 21, 2011; newest February 7, 2024

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Individual686%
Corporation114%

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
SISU 1A71963 to 1965100.0%

When they were built by decade · 2 with no year on file

0124551960
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19605

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20111
20121
20131
20151
20221
20241

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid686%
Sale reported114%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Experimental7100%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Aviation Museum of Kentucky INC1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Aviation Museum of Kentucky INC1

Accident history NTSB records · 1 cases since 1982, 1 fatal

1988-10-15LAX89DUM01 · SISU 1A N252JB · accident near Borrego Springs, CA · 1 killed

The 1 most recent of 1 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Arlington SISU 1 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

7 as of October 30, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Arlington SISU 1s?

Texas, with 2.

Who owns the Arlington SISU 1?

14% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Arlington SISU 1s on the register built?

Between 1963 and 1965; half of them in 1964 or earlier.

How many Arlington SISU 1 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

1 accidents and incidents since 1982, 1 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Arlington SISU 1 made of?

The 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-fibre glider. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Arlington SISU 1 the component layer

The 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-fibre glider. No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 2006, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 14.3 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine.

Failure reports 1 since 2006 · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011106
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
061

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Engine1100%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Crankshaft1

Latest reports

2006-05-20Crankshaft: separated · engine

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the SISU 1 links to the rest of the register

Design
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/arlington/sisu-1.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N1110T Arlington
SISU 1A
Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2024-02-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6390X Arlington
SISU 1A
Individual owner
New York
Experimental 2022-12-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6392X Arlington
SISU 1A
Individual owner
Oregon
Experimental 2015-10-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N622W Arlington
SISU 1A
Aviation Museum of Kentucky INC
Lexington, Kentucky
Experimental 2013-02-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6391X Arlington
SISU 1A
Individual owner
Tennessee
Experimental 2012-11-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N253JB Arlington
SISU 1A
Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2011-03-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N252J Arlington
SISU 1A
Individual owner
Oklahoma
Experimental Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes