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N176BG

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS C

Valid Electric gliderCalifornia

N176BG is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS C, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Santa Barbara, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2001 and expires on January 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS C
Serial number
550
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A12F97 (octal 50227627)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 8, 2001
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00443937

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Green Robert W
Type
Individual
Address
5109 Walnut Park Dr
Santa Barbara, CA 93111-1738

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data