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A Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS, the same model family as N2866
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026
N2866

Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS

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

N2866 is a Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1970. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for other, dated September 24, 2014.

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

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Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
STANDARD CIRRUS · all STANDARD CIRRUSs 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 STANDARD CIRRUS 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
60
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
1970
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A2E76F (octal 50563557)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 31, 2021
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 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 · OtherFAA certificate purpose code O (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 24, 2014
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00390503

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Arnold David A
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
3027 Crystal Lake Dr
Jeffersonville, IN 47130-8950

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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

1930-05-14Standard Aircraft Corp STANDARD J-1 · Valid registration

Connections how N2866 links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Jeffersonville, IN 31 aircraft registered in this town
  • Clark Regional · JVY
  • Indiana 5,700 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2866.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2866, 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 Arnold David A, an individual, certificate issued July 31, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 24, 2014, 44 years after the 1970 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 60 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2866 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Standard Aircraft Corp STANDARD J-1 (serial M906, cancelled May 14, 1930). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N2866. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

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 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data