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N517PB

Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI

Valid Electric gliderCalifornia

N517PB is an Alexander Schleicher ASH 31 MI, a glider with a rotary engine, built in 2018. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Malibu, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2018 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated July 21, 2018.

Alexander Schleicher: AS 33 ME

Aircraft

Maker
Alexander Schleicher (Germany)
FAA spelling: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO
Model
ASH 31 MI
Serial number
31175
Type
Glider
Power
Rotary, 1 motor · Austro IAE 50R-AA · 56 hp
Seats
1
Year built
2018
Transponder code
A67CB7 (octal 51476267)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 29, 2018
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · July 21, 2018
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01278742

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ketcham James S Trustee
Type
Co-owned
Address
26624 Ocean View Dr
Malibu, CA 90265-2828
Co-owners
Ketcham Barbara A Trustee

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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