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
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH
- Model
- VENTUS 2C · all VENTUS 2Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 130
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A02710 (octal 50023420)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 2009
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · June 1, 2009
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01031271
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sorenson Kenneth G
- Type
- Individual
- 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.
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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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA94LA156 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data