# N17911: Schweizer SGS 1-26E - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Schweizer SGS 1-26E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (registry code 8050124, 1 seats) - Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000) - Data sheets: [TCDS 1G10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1G10) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 541 - Type: Glider - Engine type: None - Airworthiness: Standard, glider - Airworthiness date: November 10, 1972 - Certificate issued: December 11, 2020 - Expires: December 31, 2027 - Mode S code: A13D31 - Registered owner: [Simien Charles L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIMIEN%20CHARLES%20L) - Location: [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 31.7737° N, 106.2954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 79936, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=17911 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17911 From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 2 in force ### Matched by airframe (Schweizer SGS 1-26E) - [AD 87-17-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-17-01): Tow Release Installation · K & L Soaring SGS 1-23, SGS 1-23D, SGS 1-23F and 25 more. Effective Aug 19, 1988 - [AD 87-02-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-02-01): Tow-Release Installation Inspection · K & L Soaring SGM 2-37, SGS 1-23, SGS 1-23D and 32 more. Effective Jan 21, 1987 ### Matched by engine (NONE) None in force. ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DFW05CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA004), Oct 8, 2004: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (N17911), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude during a local soaring flight. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the landing. ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Accident 20041008027359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041008027359A), Oct 8, 2004: Scwzer SGS126E (N17911), El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 8, 2004 at 1500 MDT, a schweitzer sgs 1-26E registered to green harold e, [privacy data omitted] collided with a tree on landing off airport… ## Service difficulty reports None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. ## Service difficulty reports on N17911 not matched to an aircraft (2) They name N17911, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [SDR UIA9316](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/UIA9316), Sep 17, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING C06 CHECK OF DATUM, A/C FOUND SEVERAL CORROSION ON UPPER SKIN (P/N:59305002-150) OF RT WING AT STA XRS=282. - [SDR UIA9305](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/UIA9305), Feb 16, 2004: SPAR CAP. CORRODED. DURING S90M CHECK FOUND TWO CORROSION SITES ON AFT EDGE OF RT WING UPPER SKIN AND TWO CORROSION NR 1-NR 4 ON LOWER P/N5935822-506 AND REAR SPAR CAP P/N 5911301- ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (4) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the airframe (Schweizer SGS 1-26E) - [STC SA01734SE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01734SE): Application of Stewart Systems synthetic fabric covering system to aircraft fuselage, wings, tail surfaces, control surfaces and related parts. Andrew D. Humphrey - [STC SG01164CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG01164CH): Install Cooper superflite 102 fabric. Aviation Products Systems Inc - [STC SG1265GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG1265GL): Surrendered and incorporated into STC SG01164CH. Cooper Aviation Supply Company, Inc - [STC SG4WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG4WE): Ceconite 101 covering of complete aircraft. Cooper Engineering Corporation. Lists SGS 1-26 Series ## Earlier aircraft with N17911 The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N17911 before. - [Cancelled 1941-07-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17911-1941-07-01): Piper J-2, S/N 1511. Owner: [Tingley Glenn V](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TINGLEY%20GLENN%20V), [Birmingham, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Birmingham) ## Related - Other Schweizer SGS 1-26E aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e/aircraft.md - The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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