# N17918: 1973 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: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1G10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1G10) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 558
- Year built: 1973
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date: June 11, 1973
- Certificate issued: December 21, 2025
- Expires: December 31, 2032
- Mode S code: A13D38
- Registered owner: [Hood River Soaring](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HOOD%20RIVER%20SOARING)
- Location: [Hood River, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Hood%20River)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 45.6068° N, 121.6023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97031, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=17918
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17918

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 (Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N17918.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N17918.

## 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 N17918 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N17918, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR UIA0505](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/UIA0505), Jun 12, 2005: ENGINE. FAILED. RT ENGINE IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN (IFSD) CAUSED BY SURGE MESSAGE SHOW ON EOAP, THEN FOLLOW EGT RAPID INCREASE. AFTER LANDING CHECK FOUND SEVERAL STAGE 4 BLADES MATER

## 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 N17918

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N17918 before.

- [Cancelled 1941-07-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17918-1941-07-15): Piper J-2, S/N 1518. Owner: [Carson Richard](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CARSON%20RICHARD), [Chambersburg, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Chambersburg)

## Related

- Other Schweizer SGS 1-26E aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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