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N11ZQ

N11ZQ is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-3DM built in 1992. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 11, 2002. The last status on file was "valid registration".

Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-3DM cancelled January 11, 2002

Serial number
23
Type
Glider · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1992
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 17, 1999
Last FAA action
February 17, 1999
Last owner
Saj LLC (Corporation)
Powell, WY
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition

NTSB accident and incident record under N11ZQ

DEN01FA105Accident on May 24, 2001 at Alamogordo, NM: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3DM · serial 23

The flight crew's inadequate in-flight planning to fly over the mesa with insufficient altitude. A contributing factor was the downdraft weather condition

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site