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N78177

Schempp-Hirth KA8B

Valid Electric gliderTennessee

N78177 is a Schempp-Hirth KA8B, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Dickson, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. 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
KA8B
Serial number
1/8049
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AA97AA (octal 52513652)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 14, 2024
Expires
June 30, 2031
Last FAA action
June 14, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01055034

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Miller Steven T
Type
Individual
Address
103 Eastdale Ln
Dickson, TN 37055-2900

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 2

1976-05-28Cessna 172K · Valid registration
1956-03-16Globe GC-1B · Valid registration

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