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N229RD

Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18

Valid Electric gliderCalifornia

N229RD is an Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Tehachapi, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME

Aircraft

Maker
Alexander Schleicher (Germany)
FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
Model
ASW 27-18
Serial number
29060
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A203EB (octal 50401753)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 15, 2020
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
May 15, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01065920

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thomson Mitchell Dean
Type
Individual
Address
25755 Skyline Dr
Tehachapi, CA 93561-9133

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data