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N8653R

Schweizer SGS 1-26B

N8653R 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 Montague, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 9, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 18, 1962.

Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer
Model
SGS 1-26B
Serial number
189
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
58 mph
Transponder code
ABE43B (octal 52762073)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 9, 2023
Expires
December 31, 2030
Last FAA action
December 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 18, 1962
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00342371

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fueston Vernon A
Type
Individual
Address
820 Old Montague Rd
Montague, CA 96064-9280

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