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N4173C

Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS

Valid Electric gliderTexas

N4173C is a Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1968. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Marfa, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 1969 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 18, 1970.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
CIRRUS
Serial number
33
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1968
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A4F0E5 (octal 51170345)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 27, 1969
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 18, 1970
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00171564

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Compton Francis B
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 516
Marfa, TX 79843-0516

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1963-09-10Stinson 108-3 · exported to Nicaragua · Valid registration

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