Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS
N943SB is a Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1970. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 4, 2016 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated June 14, 1996.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- STANDARD CIRRUS · all STANDARD CIRRUSs and related versions
- Serial number
- 44
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- AD19DF (octal 53214737)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 4, 2016
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider · June 14, 1996
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00230544
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Benson Gene N
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9170 Wigwam Way
Reno, NV 89506-9753
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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 N943SB, 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 Benson Gene N, an individual, certificate issued October 4, 2016, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 14, 1996, 26 years after the 1970 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 44 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N943SB 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 N943SB: Accident on June 7, 2012 at Sparks, NV: 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 STANDARD CIRRUS · operated under 091
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other, which resulted in a midair collision.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR12LA250 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