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N8649R

Schweizer SGS 1-26B

N8649R is a Schweizer SGS 1-26B, a glider with no engine, built in 1962. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Raleigh, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 18, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 27, 1962.

Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
SGS 1-26B
Serial number
186
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
58 mph
Transponder code
ABE156 (octal 52760526)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 18, 2017
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 27, 1962
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00902401

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pickens Edward Cleveland
Type
Individual
Address
4130 Earl Grey Ct
Raleigh, NC 27612-2323

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