Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-4M
N747JN is a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-4M, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2000. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bellingham, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 16, 2000.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- NIMBUS-4M · all NIMBUS-4Ms 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 NIMBUS-4 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
- 14
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Solo 2625 02 · 64 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- AA0D60 (octal 52406540)
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 25, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 16, 2000
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00925810
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Funston Craig S
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1700 Eldridge Ave
Bellingham, WA 98225-2805
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N747JN links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-4 7 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
- Solo 2625 02 7 aircraft with this engine series · 64 hp
- Bellingham, WA 199 aircraft registered in this town
- Bellingham International · BLI
- Floathaven Seaplane Base · 0W7
- Washington 10,644 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N747JN, 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 Funston Craig S, an individual, certificate issued June 25, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated June 16, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N747JN 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 N747JN: Accident on May 4, 2008 at Ephrata, WA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4M · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his failure to connect the left aileron control rod during assembly.
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