Single-engine piston

N38WS

Homebuilt Sha-Glasair

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

198

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Lycoming O-320 series

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Co-owned · sign in to see

Based

North Las Vegas, NV

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Registration record

N38WS on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt Sha-Glasair

Serial

198

Engines

Lycoming O-320 series

Registered owner

Co-owned — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

North Las Vegas, NV

Certificate issued

2022-03-26

Airworthiness date

1985-06-07

Registration expires

2029-03-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · amateur-built

Mode S (hex)

A45AF6

Mode S (octal)

51055366

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2029-03-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2022-03-26
Certificate of registration issued as N38WS.
1985-06-07
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).

Overview

About N38WS

N38WS is a Homebuilt Sha-Glasair, serial number 198. It is registered to co-owners in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 26, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 7, 1985.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N38WS. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2018-08-18 Accident · Greenville, NC Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA18LA224

Reported aircraft: Glasair Sha — a different aircraft that carried the N38WS registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information. Contributing to the accident was the pilot s misjudgment of the airplane s glidepath during the forced landing, which resulted in the airplane touching down short of the runway.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.