# N3617E: Schweizer SGS 1-36

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schweizer SGS 1-36](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-36) (registry code 8050153, 1 seats)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G5EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G5EA) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 16
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date: February 27, 1981
- Certificate issued: September 17, 2020
- Expires: September 30, 2027
- Mode S code: A41355
- Registered owner: [Tampa Bay Soaring Society Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TAMPA%20BAY%20SOARING%20SOCIETY%20INC)
- Location: [Zephyrhills, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Zephyrhills)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 28.2358° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33542, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3617E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3617E

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 1-36)

- [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 WPR10CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA244), May 16, 2010: Schweizer SGS136 (N3617E), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s selection of the wrong runway for the wind conditions and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was the student's lack of total…

## 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 20100515033811A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100515033811A), May 15, 2010: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (N3617E), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Eye witness to the accident reported that during landing on runway 3 that the pilot veered to the right of the runway and struck a parked glider N2509H, on its…

## 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) (1)

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 1-36)

- [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

## Earlier aircraft with N3617E

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N3617E before.

- [Cancelled 1970-12-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3617E-1970-12-29): Aeronca 7AC, S/N 7AC-6947. Owner: [R E Lloyd](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/R%20E%20LLOYD), [Franklin Park, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Franklin%20Park)

## Related

- Other Schweizer SGS 1-36 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-36/aircraft.md
- The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md

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