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Schleicher ASW-19

43 on the U.S. register across 2 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1976 to 1985; half of them date from 1978 or earlier. Pennsylvania has the most (4). 23% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Schleicher ASW-19: German glider, 1975
Photo: Michael Zwilling, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Schleicher ASW 19 on Wikipedia

About the ASW-19 from the FAA's model table

Type
Glider · Gliders
Power
None
Common engines
None None (33), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (6)
Seats
1
Built of
composite · A glass-fibre glider.
Maker on the register
Schleicher
Registered
earliest certificate September 6, 1983; newest October 27, 2026

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

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
ASW-19261976 to 197860.5%
ASW-19B171979 to 198539.5%

When they were built by decade · 9 with no year on file

0612192525197091980
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
197025
19809

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

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20112
20121
20132
20143
20174
20192
20203
20212
20227
20232
20245
20252
20261

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid4298%
Sale reported12%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard3070%
Experimental1023%
None on file25%
Light sport12%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Willamette Valley Soaring Club1Tucson Soaring Club INC1Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC1Soaring Science INC1Rossi Michael A1Ouroboros Soaring LLC1Nevada Soaring Association INC1Kilo 7 LLC1Greaterboston Soaring Club INC1Black Forest Soaring Association1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Willamette Valley Soaring Club1
Tucson Soaring Club INC1
Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC1
Soaring Science INC1
Rossi Michael A1
Ouroboros Soaring LLC1
Nevada Soaring Association INC1
Kilo 7 LLC1
Greaterboston Soaring Club INC1
Black Forest Soaring Association1

Fleet pages: Willamette Valley Soaring Club · Tucson Soaring Club INC · Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC · Soaring Science INC · Nevada Soaring Association INC

Accident history NTSB records · 13 cases since 1982, 4 fatal

2025-04-02ERA25LA181 · ASW-19 N37PL · accident near Zephyrhills, FL · serious injuries
2022-07-10CEN22LA319 · ASW-19B N53JC · accident near Elbert, CO · no injuries
2022-04-16ERA22FA189 · ASW-19B N19KW · accident near Jacksonville, FL · 1 killed
2012-08-25ERA12LA528 · ASW-19 N438AS · accident near Dansville, NY · 1 killed
2006-03-18NYC06CA083 · ASW-19B N439AS · accident near Blairstown, NJ · no injuries
2001-11-03IAD02LA009 · ASW-19 N19KH · accident near Jersey Shore, PA · no injuries
1999-08-29IAD99LA061 · ASW-19 N19DQ · accident near Bedminster, NJ · 1 killed
1998-04-09MIA98LA128 · ASW-19B N297B · accident near Hamptonville, NC · 1 killed

The 8 most recent of 13 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 Schleicher ASW-19 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

43 as of November 9, 2026, counting 2 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Schleicher ASW-19s?

Pennsylvania, with 4.

Who owns the Schleicher ASW-19?

23% 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 Schleicher ASW-19s on the register built?

Between 1976 and 1985; half of them in 1978 or earlier.

How many Schleicher ASW-19 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

13 accidents and incidents since 1982, 4 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Schleicher ASW-19 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 Schleicher ASW-19 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. The design is held under 1 type certificate (G36EU, held by Alexander Schleicher GMBH & CO. Segelflugzeugbau). The FAA has issued 5 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about other and general. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 2011, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 2.3 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is airframe structure.

FAA orders 5 airworthiness directives · newest first

1998-09-2698-17-02 · Tow Release Cable Guide Fittings Inspection · airframe structure
1998-07-1498-12-03 · Rudder Panel, Airbrake Bellcrank, Rear Canopy Hinge · flight controls
1998-04-0398-04-46 · Inspection Hole Cover Entering Fuselage · flight controls
1997-08-0197-08-06 R1 · Quick Connectors · other and general
1984-09-1384-13-04 · Horizontal Tailplane Flutter · other and general

By system

Orders by system, as a table
ordersshare
Other and general240%
Flight controls240%
Airframe structure120%

Failure reports 2 since 2011 · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011111125
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
111
251

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Airframe structure2100%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Kit1Spar1
Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Kit1
Spar1

Latest reports

2025-11-01Kit: wrong part · airframe structure
2011-04-14Spar: cracked · airframe structure

Certificates and bulletins

G36EUType certificate held by Alexander Schleicher GMBH & CO. Segelflugzeugbau · 2 models listed · revised February 8, 2022

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2014-11-26CE-15-06 · Electrical Power; Proper Battery Installation
1997-11-24ACE-98-13 ·

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 ASW-19 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/schleicher/asw-19.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 43

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N97GS Schleicher
ASW-19
Willamette Valley Soaring Club
Cornelius, Oregon
Standard 2026-10-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N11QS Schleicher
ASW-19
Nevada Soaring Association INC
Reno, Nevada
Standard 2025-04-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N651AS Schleicher
ASW-19B
Co-owned owner
Ohio
Standard 2025-02-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N78CM Schleicher
ASW-19
Kilo 7 LLC
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Experimental 2024-11-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N54619 Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
North Carolina
Standard 2024-09-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19JE Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
New Jersey
Standard 2024-04-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N37PL Schleicher
ASW-19
Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC
Zephyrhills, Florida
Standard 2024-03-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N10GK Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2024-02-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N64HR Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
New Jersey
Standard 2023-04-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N842CC Schleicher
ASW-19
Co-owned owner
Texas
Standard 2023-03-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N106T Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Arizona
Standard 2022-12-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9814A Schleicher
ASW-19
Greaterboston Soaring Club INC
Sterling, Massachusetts
Standard 2022-09-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N53JC Schleicher
ASW-19B
Black Forest Soaring Association
Monument, Colorado
Standard 2022-08-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N237JF Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Virginia
Standard 2022-08-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19LK Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Virginia
Standard 2022-06-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N99ND Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Connecticut
None on file 2022-04-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N34HR Schleicher
ASW-19B
Rossi Michael A
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Standard 2022-02-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N876F Schleicher
ASW-19
Tucson Soaring Club INC
Sahuarita, Arizona
Experimental 2021-04-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N10WH Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Light sport 2021-02-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N31GF Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
New York
Experimental 2020-07-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N888MK Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Michigan
Experimental 2020-05-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N127JC Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2020-03-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N28TR Schleicher
ASW-19B
Co-owned owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2019-09-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21TW Schleicher
ASW-19
Ouroboros Soaring LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Experimental 2019-01-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19KL Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
New York
Standard 2017-10-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19DT Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2017-08-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N80SF Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
South Carolina
Standard 2017-03-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N439AS Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Connecticut
Standard 2017-02-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19HG Schleicher
ASW-19
Soaring Science INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2014-12-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N119JG Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
New Jersey
Standard 2014-08-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N44AU Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2014-05-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19ML Schleicher
ASW-19B
Co-owned owner
California
Standard 2013-11-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19JN Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Missouri
Standard 2013-07-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N451AS Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2012-06-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N982WT Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
California
Standard 2011-08-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N119LT Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Vermont
Standard 2011-04-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N37RB Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Virginia
Standard 2007-04-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N319HH Schleicher
ASW-19B
Individual owner
Colorado
None on file 2004-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N333US Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2002-11-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19FZ Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 1998-08-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19PL Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 1991-01-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N19MR Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Connecticut
Standard 1983-09-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N196H Schleicher
ASW-19
Individual owner
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes