Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 3E
N171JW is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 3E, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2026. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Jw Racing INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated September 19, 2026.
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
- VENTUS 3E · all VENTUS 3Es 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 VENTUS 3 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
- 282ES
- 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 · Solo 8000 401 · 47 hp
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2026
- Transponder code
- A11DC1 (octal 50216701)
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 17, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 17, 2026
- 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 · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 19, 2026
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01575839
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jw Racing INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 108 W 13Th St # 105
Wilmington, DE 19801-1145
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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 1
Connections how N171JW links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 3 30 registered
- Schempp-Hirth 516 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Solo 8000 401 2 aircraft with this engine series · 47 hp
- Jw Racing INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wilmington, DE 7,371 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,960 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N171JW, 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 Jw Racing INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 17, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated September 19, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 282ES for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N171JW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS A (serial 63, cancelled November 20, 2019). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N171JW. 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 November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data