{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2018-07-20","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2018-07-11","city":"WALLER","country_code":"US","county_code":"473","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"33705","engine_horsepower":31,"engine_maker":"HIRTH","engine_model":"FES VEN M100","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-26","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3801959","mode_s_code":"50662566","mode_s_hex":"A36576","model":"VENTUS 3F","n_number":"N318KM","name":"SORENSON KENNETH G","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N318KM is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 3F, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2018. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Waller, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2018 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 20, 2018.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sorenson Kenneth G, an individual, certificate issued July 11, 2018, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 20, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 032 FS for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N318KM according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No NTSB investigation records located under N318KM. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"032 FS","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"30368 WALLER GLADISH RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01279888","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N318KM","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2018,"zip":"774843734"}