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
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS 2A · all VENTUS 2As and related versions
- Serial number
- 137
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A74D14 (octal 51646424)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 19, 2020
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · December 3, 2002
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00019039
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sky Sailing INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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 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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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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA469 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