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
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- CIRRUS · all CIRRUSs 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 CIRRUS 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
- 70
- 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
- 1
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- AB1B3F (octal 52615477)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 25, 2011
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 23, 1996
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00232242
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ceriotti Leonard L
- 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
- 1218 S East Ave
Waukesha, WI 53186-6611
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N8145 links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS 15 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
- Waukesha, WI 98 aircraft registered in this town
- Waukesha County · UES
- Wisconsin 6,163 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS 5 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS 1 reports since 1995
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data