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N901DH

N901DH is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B built in 1983. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 11, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B cancelled June 11, 2013

Serial number
151
Type
Glider · None
Year built
1983
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
June 4, 1991
Last FAA action
May 20, 2008
Last owner
Hutchinson Harold D Trustee (Co-owned)
Malibu, CA
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing

NTSB accident and incident record under N901DH

LAX91LA378Accident on August 31, 1991 at Mojave, CA: serious injuries, destroyed.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B · serial 151

THE GLIDER PILOT'S INADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR TERRAIN. FACTORS WHICH RELATED TO THE PILOT BEING LOW COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THE PILOT HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO WITNESSES WERE IDENTIFIED WHO OBSERVED THE GLIDER OTHER THAN DURING ITS FINAL FEW SECONDS OF FLIGHT.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site