Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS
N484KS is a Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS, a glider with no engine, built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Dover, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2015 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated February 29, 2016.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU
- Model
- DUO DISCUS · all DUO DISCUSs and related versions
- Serial number
- 679
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2015
- Transponder code
- A5F867 (octal 51374147)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2015
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · February 29, 2016
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01198121
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Striedieck Karl
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- Kimo Sabi 8 The Green Ste 6136
Dover, DE 19901
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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 N484KS, 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 Striedieck Karl, an individual, certificate issued November 19, 2015, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated February 29, 2016, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 679 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N484KS 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 N484KS: Accident on November 5, 2016 at Port Matilda, PA: serious injuries. Details below. [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.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau DUO DISCUS · operated under 091
The bystander's decision to walk onto the runway, which resulted in him being struck by the glider's left wing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA063 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