Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2A
N57LK is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2A, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sky Sailing INC, a corporation in Warner Springs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated December 3, 2002.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS 2A · all VENTUS 2As 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-2 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
- 137
- 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
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A74D14 (octal 51646424)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 19, 2020
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- 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 3, 2002
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00019039
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sky Sailing INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N57LK links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2 70 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
- Sky Sailing INC 30 aircraft in the fleet
- Warner Springs, CA 38 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2 5 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N57LK, 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 Sky Sailing INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 19, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated December 3, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 137 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N57LK 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 N57LK: Accident on July 26, 2019 at Wurtsboro, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp Hirth VENTUS 2A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to properly secure the glider’s canopy before flight, which resulted in it opening in flight and the pilot's inability to maintain an appropriate final approach path and altitude, which resulted in impact with a shipping container.
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