N104JL2022 Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau Gmbh DISCUS-2C FES
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Richmond, VA
- Certificate issued
- Sep 20, 2025
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition, Racing
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 25, 2022
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau Gmbh
- Model
- DISCUS-2C FES
- Year
- 2022
- Serial number
- 60
- Aircraft type
- Glider
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 1
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A01463
Engine
- Make and model
- Schemp Hir Fes-Dis-M100
- Type
- Electric
- Power
- 30 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowIndividual ownerRichmond, VA · current
- 1986 – 2015Individual ownerSan Antonio, TX · different airframe: Hutson John G Star-Lite S/N 104
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (1)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-22-01 | Flight Controls | Dec 1, 2016 | Airframe (DISCUS-2C FES)Certain serial numbers: Discus-2a 1–253; Discus-2b 1–255; Discus-2c 1–61; Discus 2cT 1–127; Ventus-2a 1–178; Ventus-2b 1–175 |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026