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N872

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B

Valid Electric gliderWashington

N872 is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Bellevue, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 23, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 22, 2000.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS-2B
Serial number
93
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
1999
Transponder code
ABFDC3 (octal 52776703)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 23, 2013
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · March 22, 2000
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00146062

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chenoweth Charles C
Type
Co-owned
Address
4519 134Th Pl SE
Bellevue, WA 98006-2105
Co-owners
Nelson Marlene D

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

1931-11-16Stinson SB-1 · Valid registration

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