Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2C FES
N1235 is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2C FES, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2022. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bartow, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated November 25, 2022.
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
- 061 FS
- 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
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A061DE (octal 50060736)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 28, 2022
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 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 · November 25, 2022
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01381325
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Misch David
- 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
- 5075 Boy Scout Ranch Rd
Bartow, FL 33830-7727
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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 3
Connections how N1235 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
- Bartow, FL 41 aircraft registered in this town
- Bartow Executive · BOW
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2 3 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N1235, 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 Misch David, an individual, certificate issued October 28, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated November 25, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 061 FS for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1235 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Pitts Special S-1C (serial 51667, cancelled August 16, 2016); Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1 (serial 115, cancelled November 15, 1955); Curtiss JN4D (serial 3291, cancelled August 29, 1927). 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]
1 NTSB record under N1235: Accident on October 17, 1990 at Ocala, FL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pitts Special S-1 · operated under 091
THE PILOT EXPERIENCCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING A SPIN MANEUVER AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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