# N55VW: 1992 Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1, registration cancelled 2003-12-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 8, 2003
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-55-1) (registry code 8821644)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 551192037
- Year built: 1992
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date: July 9, 1992
- Certificate issued: April 23, 1998
- Last registry action: September 16, 2003
- Mode S code: A6FF02
- Owner when cancelled: [Schnarr Christine N Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCHNARR%20CHRISTINE%20N%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [New York, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/New%20York)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55VW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=55VW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55VW-2003-12-08

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-55-1.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 FTW01LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA179), Aug 12, 2001: Pdps PZL-Bielsko SZD-55-1 (N55VW), Uvalde, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the base turn, which resulted in an inadvertant stall/spin.

## 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 20010812018969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010812018969A), Aug 12, 2001: Szd SZD551 (N55VW), Uvalde, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.19) On August 12, 2001, approximately 1800 central daylight time, a pdps pzl-blelsko Szd-55-1 glider, N55VW, was destroyed after it impacted terrain…

## Other aircraft with N55VW

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55VW): Cessna 560XL, S/N 560-5076, built 2000

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