Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6
N300Y is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6, a glider with no engine, built in 1986. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Jacksonville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 10, 1986.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS B/16.6 · all VENTUS B/16.6s 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 B/16.6 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
- 300
- 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
- 1986
- Transponder code
- A32178 (octal 50620570)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 3, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- November 3, 2025
- 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 · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 10, 1986
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00080897
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Yant Emory W JR
- 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
- 14432 Pelican Bay Ct
Jacksonville, FL 32224-3115
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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 2
Connections how N300Y links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6 15 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
- Jacksonville, FL 505 aircraft registered in this town
- Cecil Airport · VQQ
- Jacksonville Executive AT Craig · CRG
- Jacksonville International · JAX
- Herlong Recreational Airport · HEG
- Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N300Y, 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 Yant Emory W JR, an individual, certificate issued November 3, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated July 10, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 300 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N300Y was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L (serial 61031, cancelled June 29, 1970); Aeronca C-3 (serial C3-3, cancelled April 2, 1931). 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]
2 NTSB records under N300Y: Accident on August 15, 1989 at Minden, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 29, 1988 at Red Mountain, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-20BL · operated under 091
MISUNDERSTOOD EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, THE GLIDER PILOT RELEASED FROM THE TOW WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT'S PREFLIGHT OF THE GLIDER AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE INADEQUATE BEFORE AND DURING THE FLIGHT.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-20BL · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data