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N8178

Schleicher ASW-15

N8178 is a Schleicher ASW-15, a glider with no engine, built in 1970. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Santa Clara, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 15, 2011 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; glider, dated October 18, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASW-15
Serial number
15039
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1970
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AB26CD (octal 52623315)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 15, 2011
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Glider · October 18, 1971
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00290072

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Carmel Paul A
Type
Individual
Address
1745 Franck Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051-3009

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