Schleicher ASW-27
90 on the U.S. register across 3 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1996 to 2010; half of them date from 2001 or earlier. California has the most (26). 10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.
About the ASW-27 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Glider · Gliders
- Power
- None
- Common engines
- None None (67), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (7)
- Seats
- 1
- Built of
- composite · A glass-fibre glider.
- Maker on the register
- Schleicher
- Registered
- earliest certificate October 20, 1997; newest November 1, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Who owns them registrant type
By owner type, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | 70 | 78% |
| Co-owned | 11 | 12% |
| LLC | 5 | 6% |
| Partnership | 2 | 2% |
| Corporation | 2 | 2% |
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
When they were built by decade · 20 with no year on file
Registration status
Airworthiness certificate class
By airworthiness certificate, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 46 | 51% |
| Experimental | 29 | 32% |
| None on file | 15 | 17% |
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
N27Bz LLC1Middleline Aviation INC1L/D Max Sales LLC1Hansman Robert J1Glideplan INC1Ep29 LLC1Cedar Richard D1Acme Rocket Sleds LLC127 Bravo LLC1
Largest fleets, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| N27Bz LLC | 1 |
| Middleline Aviation INC | 1 |
| L/D Max Sales LLC | 1 |
| Hansman Robert J | 1 |
| Glideplan INC | 1 |
| Ep29 LLC | 1 |
| Cedar Richard D | 1 |
| Acme Rocket Sleds LLC | 1 |
| 27 Bravo LLC | 1 |
Fleet pages: Middleline Aviation INC
Accident history NTSB records · 18 cases since 1982, 5 fatal
2026-07-15WPR26LA263 · ASW-27 N920KB · accident near Montague, CA · no injuries
2026-05-26ERA26FA214 · ASW-27 N321ER · accident near Saratoga Springs, NY · 1 killed
2025-08-01WPR25FA232 · ASW27-18 N929JK · accident near Morgan, UT · 1 killed
2013-06-16CEN13CA410 · ASW-27 N72EM · accident near Elbert, CO · no injuries
2013-04-12WPR13CA218 · ASW-27 N503CW · accident near Middletown, CA · no injuries
2012-05-29CEN12LA330 · ASW-27 N127PC · accident near Ionia, MI · 1 killed
2011-07-21WPR11CA342 · ASW-27 N78AB · accident near Preston, ID · no injuries
2011-07-19WPR11CA486 · ASW-27 N797V · accident near Brigham City, UT · no injuries
The 8 most recent of 18 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-27 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
90 as of November 11, 2026, counting 3 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Schleicher ASW-27s?
California, with 26.
Who owns the Schleicher ASW-27?
10% 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-27s on the register built?
Between 1996 and 2010; half of them in 2001 or earlier.
How many Schleicher ASW-27 accidents has the NTSB recorded?
18 accidents and incidents since 1982, 5 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.
What is the Schleicher ASW-27 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.
Connections how the ASW-27 links to the rest of the register
Design
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Schleicher ASW-27 72 registered
- Schleicher ASW27-18 13 registered
- Schleicher ASW-27B 5 registered
- Built of composite · A glass-fibre glider.
Where they are
- California 26 of these aircraft
- New York 8 of these aircraft
- Massachusetts 5 of these aircraft
- Utah 4 of these aircraft
- Ohio 4 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
- N27Bz LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Middleline Aviation INC 1 of these aircraft
- L/D Max Sales LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Hansman Robert J 1 of these aircraft
- Glideplan INC 1 of these aircraft
Record
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the ASW-27 18 cases since 1982 · 5 fatal
- FAA filings this year on these aircraft 3 filings · 3 bill of sale
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/schleicher/asw-27.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 90
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N72EM | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2026-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27CE | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2026-07-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N108WR | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2025-12-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N232FG | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2025-11-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N627RL | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2025-10-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45EM | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2025-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N227SD | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2025-09-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N755Z | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Arizona |
Standard | 2025-08-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N474S | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2025-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N367T | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
None on file | 2025-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127FP | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Massachusetts |
None on file | 2025-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27FS | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Alabama |
None on file | 2024-12-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N729MD | Schleicher ASW-27B |
Middleline Aviation INC Ballston Spa, New York |
Standard | 2024-11-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N995EZ | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2024-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127MG | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
None on file | 2024-10-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52XX | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Texas |
None on file | 2024-09-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27BU | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Nevada |
Standard | 2024-08-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27HF | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner New Hampshire |
None on file | 2024-07-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N291SV | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N661T | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2024-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5029 | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Ep29 LLC Scottsdale, Arizona |
Experimental | 2024-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127PR | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Cedar Richard D Cincinnati, Ohio |
None on file | 2024-01-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N270AS | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-10-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N22SQ | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-07-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N650PS | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27BZ | Schleicher ASW-27 |
N27Bz LLC Decatur, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-05-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N920KB | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-05-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N129WX | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 2023-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127LJ | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Arizona |
Standard | 2023-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N294SL | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2023-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27KT | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2023-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N929JK | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
L/D Max Sales LLC Missoula, Montana |
Experimental | 2023-02-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27GL | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2023-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N813SF | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2023-01-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127PA | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2022-11-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N60CW | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2022-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127SM | Schleicher ASW-27 |
27 Bravo LLC Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Standard | 2022-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274RD | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2021-12-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N797V | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2021-11-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78AB | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2021-09-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N718BC | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2021-09-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274JM | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Idaho |
None on file | 2021-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27UH | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2021-04-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N627NG | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2021-01-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N227NG | Schleicher ASW-27B |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2020-08-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6XB | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2020-06-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27QT | Schleicher ASW-27B |
Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2019-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N927CG | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2019-09-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274CE | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner New Mexico |
Standard | 2019-07-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N527TF | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New Mexico |
None on file | 2019-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N56SN | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2019-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6440 | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2018-08-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N604DB | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Glideplan INC Hayward, California |
Experimental | 2018-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127MM | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2017-11-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N81KP | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2017-10-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N272PC | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2017-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7729 | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2017-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N272JS | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2016-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N337DD | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2016-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N227BB | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2016-10-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N273W | Schleicher ASW-27B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2016-09-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N503CW | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2016-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N273SP | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2015-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2727B | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2015-07-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5XX | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2015-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274SP | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2014-10-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N271JH | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2014-02-11 | Renewal notice sentFAA registration status code 25: First notice for registration renewal. All codes |
| N27HH | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2013-08-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N711KY | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2013-03-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N137ED | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2012-10-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N827BB | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2012-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77UN | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Acme Rocket Sleds LLC Draper, Utah |
Experimental | 2012-01-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27KH | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2011-08-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N227DW | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2010-12-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19HK | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Georgia |
None on file | 2010-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7789 | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2010-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N343JG | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner Virginia |
None on file | 2006-11-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N711KX | Schleicher ASW27-18 |
Individual owner New Mexico |
Experimental | 2006-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27XA | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Hansman Robert J Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Standard | 2004-09-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127KS | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2003-07-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N271JS | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2003-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N16KS | Schleicher ASW-27B |
Individual owner Delaware |
Experimental | 2002-01-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2611W | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2001-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78N | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2000-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N66FP | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Co-owned owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 1998-08-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274RT | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 1997-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N227MG | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N27ZL | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New Jersey |
Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N321ER | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N360GH | Schleicher ASW-27 |
Individual owner California |
None on file | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes |