Glider

N8642

1975 Schweizer SGS 1-26E

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1975
Serial
642
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Brandywine Soaring Assoc (Corporation)
Based
Hockessin, DE
Registration record

N8642 on the FAA register

Type
1975 Schweizer SGS 1-26E
Serial
642
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Brandywine Soaring Assoc
Hockessin, DE
Certificate issued
2021-10-07
Airworthiness date
1975-11-19
Registration expires
2028-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · glider
Mode S (hex)
ABE051
Mode S (octal)
52760121
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-10-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N8642.
  • 1975-11-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (glider)).
Overview

About N8642

N8642 is a 1975 Schweizer SGS 1-26E, serial number 642. The FAA register lists Brandywine Soaring Assoc as the registrant in Hockessin, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 7, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (glider), dated November 19, 1975.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8642.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8642.

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.