# N28717: Schweizer SGS 2-8

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schweizer SGS 2-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-8) (registry code 8050202, 2 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS GTC 5](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/GTC%205) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 38
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: March 14, 2012
- Expires: March 31, 2028
- Mode S code: A2EA97
- Registered owner: [Van Roo Jon D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VAN%20ROO%20JON%20D)
- Location: [Hartland, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Hartland)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.1466° N, 88.3410° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 53029, 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=28717
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28717

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 2-8)

- [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

None matched to N28717.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N28717.

## Reports on N28717 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N28717, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19830426055159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830426055159A), Apr 26, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N28717), Blaine, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit trees and crashed during attempted emergency landing after engine failure from fuel starvation.

## 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) (2)

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 2-8)

- [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 SG4-1240](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG4-1240): Installation of Eonnex cover on aircraft surfaces. Ceconite, Inc

## Earlier aircraft with N28717

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N28717 before.

- [Cancelled 2006-07-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28717-2006-07-19): Grumman American Avn. AA-5B, S/N AA5B0771, built 1978. Owner: [Wygant Dee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WYGANT%20DEE), [Copper Center, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Copper%20Center)

## Related

- Other Schweizer SGS 2-8 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-8/aircraft.md

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