Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS
64 on the U.S. register. Built from 1969 to 1982; half of them date from 1971 or earlier. Oklahoma has the most (6). 14% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.
About the STANDARD CIRRUS from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Glider · Gliders
- Power
- None
- Common engines
- None None (56), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (6)
- Seats
- 1
- Cruise speed
- about 60 mph
- Built of
- composite · A glass-fibre glider.
- Maker on the register
- Schempp-Hirth
- Registered
- earliest certificate June 5, 1984; newest August 15, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Who owns them registrant type
By owner type, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | 48 | 75% |
| Corporation | 7 | 11% |
| Co-owned | 7 | 11% |
| Partnership | 1 | 2% |
| LLC | 1 | 2% |
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANDARD CIRRUS | 64 | 1969 to 1982 | 100.0% |
When they were built by decade · 5 with no year on file
Registration status
By status, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Valid | 61 | 95% |
| Renewal notice sent | 3 | 5% |
Airworthiness certificate class
By airworthiness certificate, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 52 | 81% |
| Experimental | 10 | 16% |
| None on file | 2 | 3% |
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Southern Eagles Soaring INC1Raetech Motorsports INC1Oklahoma Soaring Association1Northern California Soaring Association1N279P LLC1Moore Michael D1High Alpine Restaurant Ahcs INC1Collegiate Soaring Association INC1Central Ohio Soaring Association1
Largest fleets, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Southern Eagles Soaring INC | 1 |
| Raetech Motorsports INC | 1 |
| Oklahoma Soaring Association | 1 |
| Northern California Soaring Association | 1 |
| N279P LLC | 1 |
| Moore Michael D | 1 |
| High Alpine Restaurant Ahcs INC | 1 |
| Collegiate Soaring Association INC | 1 |
| Central Ohio Soaring Association | 1 |
Fleet pages: Southern Eagles Soaring INC · Oklahoma Soaring Association · Northern California Soaring Association
Accident history NTSB records · 12 cases since 1982, 6 fatal
2018-06-23WPR18FA178 · STANDARD CIRRUS N7880 · accident near Aguila, AZ · 1 killed
2015-04-11WPR15FA144 · STANDARD CIRRUS N352D · accident near Prescott Valley, AZ · 1 killed
2012-06-07WPR12LA250 · STANDARD CIRRUS N943SB · accident near Sparks, NV · no injuries
2010-09-05CEN10CA542 · STANDARD CIRRUS N4664 · accident near Moriarty, NM · minor injuries
2007-08-25LAX07LA257 · Standard Cirrus N62305 · accident near Heber, UT · serious injuries
2003-09-19LAX03LA291 · Standard Cirrus N71DA · accident near Lone Pine, CA · 1 killed
2002-08-10NYC02FA159 · Standard Cirrus N47SS · accident near Hilltown, PA · 1 killed
1988-09-10FTW88DRG09 · STANDARD CIRRUS N8083 · accident near Briggs, TX · serious injuries
The 8 most recent of 12 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
64 as of November 10, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUSs?
Oklahoma, with 6.
Who owns the Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS?
14% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.
When were the Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUSs on the register built?
Between 1969 and 1982; half of them in 1971 or earlier.
How many Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS accidents has the NTSB recorded?
12 accidents and incidents since 1982, 6 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.
What is the Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS made of?
The 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. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS the component layer
The 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. The design is held under 1 type certificate (G23EU, held by Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GMBH). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about flight controls.
FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first
2026-04-092026-03-04 · Elevator Structure · flight controls
2022-05-092022-06-04 · Flight Control System · flight controls
1999-03-1299-03-01 · Tailplane Locking Hook · airframe structure
1997-08-0197-08-06 R1 · Quick Connectors · other and general
1983-08-2483-16-02 · Air Brake Drive Lever · landing gear
1976-06-1076-11-03 · Tow Release Mechanism · other and general
All orders naming the Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS
By system
Orders by system, as a table
| orders | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Flight controls | 3 | 43% |
| Other and general | 2 | 29% |
| Airframe structure | 1 | 14% |
| Landing gear | 1 | 14% |
Certificates and bulletins
G23EUType certificate held by Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GMBH · 1 model listed · revised February 10, 2022
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how the STANDARD CIRRUS links to the rest of the register
Design
- Schempp-Hirth 516 aircraft on the register
- Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS 64 registered
- Built of composite · A glass-fibre glider.
Where they are
- Oklahoma 6 of these aircraft
- Kansas 6 of these aircraft
- Indiana 5 of these aircraft
- California 5 of these aircraft
- Texas 4 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
- Southern Eagles Soaring INC 1 of these aircraft
- Raetech Motorsports INC 1 of these aircraft
- Oklahoma Soaring Association 1 of these aircraft
- Northern California Soaring Association 1 of these aircraft
- N279P LLC 1 of these aircraft
Record
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the STANDARD CIRRUS 12 cases since 1982 · 6 fatal
Airworthiness
- FAA orders naming the STANDARD CIRRUS 7 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/schempp-hirth/standard-cirrus.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 64
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N919N | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2026-08-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N777BD | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2026-08-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N726MC | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3WH | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Northern California Soaring Association Livermore, California |
Standard | 2026-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N581AG | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Ohio |
None on file | 2026-02-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4CC | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2025-09-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N97RD | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N230XF | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2429 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2024-10-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N468E | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Moore Michael D Durham, Maine |
Standard | 2024-10-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3698 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2024-09-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N88SC | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2024-09-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N98SB | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2024-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N72ZZ | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-07-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8082 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2024-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6483 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2024-04-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8085 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Oklahoma Soaring Association Mustang, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2024-01-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N55YR | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-10-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N49765 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-10-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3BJ | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2023-10-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3488 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2023-08-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N446E | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Arizona |
None on file | 2023-07-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3450G | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-06-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71LS | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N177RF | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2023-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4RF | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2022-11-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3247 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2021-12-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6486 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2021-12-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2866 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2021-07-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3XA | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Central Ohio Soaring Association Columbus, Ohio |
Experimental | 2021-06-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8086 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Vermont |
Standard | 2021-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6484 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2021-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8595 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2020-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8096 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Raetech Motorsports INC Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Standard | 2020-08-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N271BL | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2020-02-20 | Renewal notice sentFAA registration status code 25: First notice for registration renewal. All codes |
| N811FR | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2019-11-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N26TE | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2019-10-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8559 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2019-02-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N22FF | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2018-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N14JS | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2017-10-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6485 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2017-07-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8485 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2017-03-24 | Renewal notice sentFAA registration status code 25: First notice for registration renewal. All codes |
| N9773 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2016-10-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N943SB | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2016-10-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8915 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2015-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1UD | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Experimental | 2013-12-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5668 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2012-11-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N10LA | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner Kansas |
Standard | 2012-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N411JR | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Collegiate Soaring Association INC Greeley, Colorado |
Experimental | 2012-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N56LS | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Southern Eagles Soaring INC Butler, Georgia |
Standard | 2012-02-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7898 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Rhode Island |
Standard | 2011-07-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27826 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2011-07-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1117 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2010-05-07 | Renewal notice sentFAA registration status code 25: First notice for registration renewal. All codes |
| N333U | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2009-11-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N13D | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2009-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N184N | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2009-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N279P | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
N279P LLC Homestead, Florida |
Standard | 2007-02-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4024 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner Michigan |
Standard | 2005-08-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N511X | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2003-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6MS | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 1999-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9775 | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 1998-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4990G | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
High Alpine Restaurant Ahcs INC Snowmass Village, Colorado |
Standard | 1984-06-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N108A | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Co-owned owner Kansas |
Standard | 1984-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1524T | Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 1984-06-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |