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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Schempp-Hirth ARCUS M
N38EE is a Schempp-Hirth ARCUS M, a glider with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Arcus Holdings LLC, an LLC in West Hartford, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 30, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated December 19, 2025.
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
- ARCUS M · all ARCUS Ms 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 ARCUS M 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
- 288
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Solo 262502I · 68 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2024
- Transponder code
- A4595A (octal 51054532)
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 30, 2024
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- December 30, 2024
- 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 · December 19, 2025
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01483997
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Arcus Holdings LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 270046
West Hartford, CT 06127-0046
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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 N38EE links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth ARCUS M 17 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
- Solo 262502I 19 aircraft with this engine series · 68 hp
- Arcus Holdings LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- West Hartford, CT 28 aircraft registered in this town
- Connecticut 1,607 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N38EE, 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 Arcus Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 30, 2024, expires December 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated December 19, 2025, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 288 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N38EE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182N (serial 18260257, cancelled October 30, 2017). 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]
1 NTSB record under N38EE: Accident on January 26, 2017 at Midland, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182 · operated under 091
The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data