- Registered owner
- Richlife Quest A
- Location
- Castro Valley, CA
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 496
- Year built
- 1991
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, racing, exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- March 8, 1991
- Certificate issued
- October 21, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Mode S code
- A54871
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
No ADs matched this aircraft’s modelsADs on appliances, propellers and installed equipment aren’t matched by model; check those separately.
Information bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Schempp-Hirth VENTUS C
SAIB CE-06-53NTSB investigations
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FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N44BVMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Schempp-Hirth VENTUS C aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N44BVGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Schempp-Hirth VENTUS C aircraft
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs change type-certificated designs, and this aircraft isn’t type certificated.