Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2C
N109KM is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2C, a glider with no engine, built in 2009. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Waller, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2009 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 1, 2009.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Where is it now Last seen October 10 at 4:49 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH
- Model
- VENTUS 2C · all VENTUS 2Cs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 130
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A02710 (octal 50023420)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 2009
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 1, 2009
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01031271
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sorenson Kenneth G
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 30368 Waller Gladish Rd
Waller, TX 77484-3734
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N109KM links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2 70 registered
- Schempp-Hirth 516 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Waller, TX 120 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2 5 airworthiness directives
- Report filed on this aircraft: Pump, failed · 1999-06-07
- Where N109KM is now · Last seen October 10 at 4:49 pm.
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The public federal record on N109KM, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Sorenson Kenneth G, an individual, certificate issued May 5, 2009, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 1, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 130 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N109KM according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N109KM: Accident on June 27, 1994 at Bend, OR: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Burkhart Grob G-109B · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT AND PERFORMANCE DUE TO DRUGS, WHICH LED TO HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data