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A Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2, the same model family as N127DG
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N127DG

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric gliderMichigan

N127DG is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in White Lake, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 6, 2017 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for other, dated March 19, 2008.

Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch

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Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS-2B · all VENTUS-2Bs and related versions
Built of
composite
The 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
170
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
Seats
1
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A06E05 (octal 50067005)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 6, 2017
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
August 18, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code O (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 19, 2008
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00453639

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brooks Todd P
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
602 Rumson Ct
White Lake, MI 48386-4806
Co-owners
Tardif Nathan K

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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 N127DG, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Brooks Todd P, a co-owned, certificate issued September 6, 2017, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for other, dated March 19, 2008, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 170 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N127DG according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N127DG. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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