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N4989C

Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS B

Valid Electric gliderMissouri

N4989C is a Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS B, a glider with no engine, built in 1978. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Saint Louis, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 4, 2014 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated June 23, 1983.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
MINI-NIMBUS B
Serial number
79
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1978
Transponder code
A63166 (octal 51430546)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 4, 2014
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · June 23, 1983
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00070805

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bernatz Gerald F
Type
Individual
Address
3624 Colonia Place Dr Apt 1
Saint Louis, MO 63125-4472

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

1970-12-17Brantly B-2 · Valid registration

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