Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS
N8145 is a Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1969. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 25, 2011 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 23, 1996.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- CIRRUS · all CIRRUSs and related versions
- Serial number
- 70
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- AB1B3F (octal 52615477)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 25, 2011
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · April 23, 1996
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00232242
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ceriotti Leonard L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1218 S East Ave
Waukesha, WI 53186-6611
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N8145, 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 Ceriotti Leonard L, an individual, certificate issued January 25, 2011, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 23, 1996, 27 years after the 1969 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8145 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna AW (serial 160, cancelled February 20, 1938). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N8145: Accident on June 19, 1999 at Hartford, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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 CIRRUS · operated under 091
the reason for the occurrence was undetermined. Factors were the pilot's deploying of the drogue chute, the drogue chute malfunctioning, a dirt embankment, and encountering unsuitable terrain during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI99LA189 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data