# N297JS: 2015 Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18 E, registration cancelled 2018-07-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 12, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18 E](https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-schleicher-asw-27-18-e) (registry code 3801541)
- Engine: [Solo 2350 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/solo-2350-series) (registry code 58107)
- Serial number: 29690
- Year built: 2015
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, racing, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: May 29, 2015
- Certificate issued: February 26, 2015
- Last registry action: February 26, 2015
- Mode S code: A31054
- Owner when cancelled: [Shepherd Joseph M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHEPHERD%20JOSEPH%20M)
- Location: [Edgewood, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Edgewood)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0759° N, 106.1829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 87015, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297JS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=297JS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297JS-2018-07-12

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18 E: https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-schleicher-asw-27-18-e.md

## 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 CEN15LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA253), Jun 3, 2015: Schleicher ASW27 - 18E (N297JS), Lamy, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of glider control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence and the glider’s severe fragmentation.

## 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 20150603009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150603009769A), Jun 3, 2015: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18E (N297JS), Lamy, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On June 3, 2015, at approximately 1430 MDT, an Alexander Schleicher ASW27-18E glider, N297JS, colllided with the ground appproximately 3 miles sse of lamey, NM…

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