Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT
N514TW is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Warner Springs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 2, 2007.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS 2CT · all VENTUS 2CTs and related versions
- Serial number
- 191
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A67209 (octal 51471011)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 23, 2021
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · March 2, 2007
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00326479
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Willat Garret I
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 31930 Highway 79
Warner Springs, CA 92086-9625
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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 N514TW, 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 Willat Garret I, an individual, certificate issued January 23, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 2, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 191 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N514TW 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]
2 NTSB records under N514TW: Accident on May 11, 2020 at Stuarts Draft, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 15, 2010 at Parowan, UT: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp Hirth VENTUS 2CT · operated under 091
A loss of thermal lift during a motor glider flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's delayed attempted engine start.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA20CA178 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to see and avoid the other glider climbing in the same thermal.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR10LA294 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