Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B
N163AF is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Usaf Academy, a government body in Usaf Academy, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated November 30, 2005.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Where is it now Last seen October 16 at 4:27 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- DISCUS-2B · all DISCUS-2Bs 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
- 188
- 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 · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A0FCD9 (octal 50176331)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 26, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- January 26, 2023
- 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 30, 2005
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00095129
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Usaf Academy
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 9206 Airfield Dr
Usaf Academy, CO 80840-2098
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N163AF 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
- Usaf Academy 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Usaf Academy, CO 36 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2 3 airworthiness directives
- Where N163AF is now · Last seen October 16 at 4:27 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N163AF.json.
Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear
The public federal record on N163AF, 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 Usaf Academy, a government body, certificate issued January 26, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated November 30, 2005, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 188 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N163AF 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N163AF. 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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data