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N483KS

Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS

Valid Electric gliderVirginia

N483KS is a Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in South Riding, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 6, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated December 23, 2002.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU
Model
DUO DISCUS
Serial number
358
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A5F4B0 (octal 51372260)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 6, 2015
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · December 23, 2002
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00019809

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Barber Piet Edward
Type
Individual
Address
43678 Maverick Ln
South Riding, VA 20152-3666

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