Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-2C
N141SF is a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-2C, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Thermal Energy Search LLC, an LLC in Salida, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 24, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 2, 1992.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH K.G.
- Model
- NIMBUS-2C · all NIMBUS-2Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 220
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0A7FD (octal 50123775)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 24, 2020
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · June 2, 1992
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00003892
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thermal Energy Search LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 602 Park Ave
Salida, CO 81201-3404
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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 N141SF, 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 Thermal Energy Search LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 24, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 220 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N141SF 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 N141SF: Accident on July 21, 2002 at Briggs, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth K.G. Nimbus-2C · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the high grass during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW02LA219 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