Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B
N41RE is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Centerville, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 31, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 27, 1998.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- DISCUS-2B · all DISCUS-2Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 10
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A4D343 (octal 51151503)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 31, 2020
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · November 27, 1998
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00623856
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eckel Robert W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1555 Pony Express Way
Centerville, UT 84014-3036
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N41RE, 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 Eckel Robert W, an individual, certificate issued August 31, 2020, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 27, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N41RE 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]
1 NTSB record under N41RE: Accident on June 25, 2024 at Nephi, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a wind encounter, which resulted in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR24LA249 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data