Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2C FES
N114Q is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2C FES, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2021. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated December 22, 2021.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)FAA spelling: SCHEMPP HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH
- Model
- DISCUS-2C FES · all DISCUS-2C FESs 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 DISCUS-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
- 55
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Schemp Hir FES-DIS-M100 · 30 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2021
- Transponder code
- A03C6D (octal 50036155)
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 27, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 27, 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 · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 22, 2021
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01355122
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cupp Cecil W III
- 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
- 146 Ravenwood Pl
Hot Springs, AR 71901-7335
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N114Q links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2 47 registered
- Schempp-Hirth 515 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Schempp-Hirth FES-DIS-M100 3 aircraft with this engine series · 30 hp
- Hot Springs, AR 90 aircraft registered in this town
- Memorial Field · HOT
- Arkansas 3,493 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2 3 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N114Q, 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 Cupp Cecil W III, an individual, certificate issued May 27, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated December 22, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 55 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N114Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lil Dude WI (serial F-001, cancelled June 4, 2012). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N114Q. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data