Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS
N98SB is a Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1973. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Romulus, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 19, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 27, 1973.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- STANDARD CIRRUS · all STANDARD 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 STANDARD 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
- 312
- 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
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 60 mph
- Transponder code
- ADAA5D (octal 53325135)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 19, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 19, 2024
- 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 27, 1973
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00513800
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vandyke Mark A
- 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
- 5048 State Route 96A
Romulus, NY 14541-9767
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N98SB links to the rest of the register
- Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS 64 registered
- Schempp-Hirth 515 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Romulus, NY 4 aircraft registered in this town
- New York 6,663 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS 7 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N98SB, 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 Vandyke Mark A, an individual, certificate issued July 19, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for glider, dated April 27, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 312 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N98SB 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N98SB. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data