{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2017-11-15","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-04-14","city":"ACTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"017","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gliders","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-28","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3802003","mode_s_code":"53162771","mode_s_hex":"ACE5F9","model":"DISCUS 2C","n_number":"N930DE","name":"PAAVOLA STEPHEN H","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"West Chicago","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-03-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI03LA085","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing.","registration":"N930DE","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on March 19, 2003 at West Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N930DE is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS 2C, a glider with no engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Acton, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 15, 2017.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Paavola Stephen H, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for racing; exhibition, dated November 15, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N930DE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-200T (serial 348070176, cancelled October 27, 2003). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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":"1 NTSB record under N930DE: Accident on March 19, 2003 at West Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"15","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4 HEATHER HILL RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"01264947","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N930DE","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2017,"zip":"017202750"}