# N2517H: 1976 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)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1G10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1G10) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 647
- Year built: 1976
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date: March 29, 1976
- Certificate issued: November 28, 2022
- Expires: November 30, 2029
- Mode S code: A25E8A
- Registered owner: [Connecticut Soaring Association Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONNECTICUT%20SOARING%20ASSOCIATION%20INC)
- Location: [New London, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/New%20London)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.3488° N, 72.1020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06320, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2517H
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2517H

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

## 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 ERA21LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA276), Jun 17, 2021: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (N2517H), Willimantic, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student to achieve the proper touchdown point resulting in landing undershoot.

## 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 20210617007949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210617007949A), Jun 17, 2021: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (N2517H), Windham, CT, Substantial damage. At approximately 1132 hours while landing on RW-36 at Windham Airport a glider (N2517H), piloted by student pilot [privacy data omitted] made an emergency…

## 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.

## 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 N2517H

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N2517H before.

- [Cancelled 1948-05-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2517H-1948-05-10): Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, S/N 3142, built 1946. Owner: [Williams Fred A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILLIAMS%20FRED%20A), [Tyler, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Tyler)

## Related

- Other Schweizer SGS 1-26E aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e/aircraft.md

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