Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B
N26HL is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Campbell, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 5, 2015 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 14, 1985.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- DISCUS B · all DISCUS Bs 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 B 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
- 31
- 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
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A27D5E (octal 50476536)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 5, 2015
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- December 17, 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 · June 14, 1985
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00052405
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Engel Carl J
- 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
- 873 Sydnor Dr
Campbell, CA 95008-5637
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N26HL links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B 29 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
- Campbell, CA 17 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,761 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B 1 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N26HL.json.
Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear
The public federal record on N26HL, 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 Engel Carl J, an individual, certificate issued December 5, 2015, expires December 31, 2028. 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 31 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N26HL 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 N26HL. 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 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data