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
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- NIMBUS-4M · all NIMBUS-4Ms and related versions
- Serial number
- 14
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Solo 2625 02 · 64 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- AA0D60 (octal 52406540)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 25, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · June 16, 2000
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00925810
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Funston Craig S
- Type
- Individual
- 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.
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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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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 Nimbus-4M · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his failure to connect the left aileron control rod during assembly.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA08CA122 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