- Registered owner
- Bernatz Gerald F
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 79
- Year built
- 1978
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, racing, exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- June 23, 1983
- Certificate issued
- August 4, 2014
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A63166
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 3
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1988 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |
Airframe · Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS B
AD 2006-22-10Ffailure in flap actuating circuitAD 97-08-02 R1Load Test of Elevator Control SystemAD 88-17-05Elevator Drive BracketInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS B
SAIB CE-06-58NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N4989CMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS B aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N4989CMatched 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 MINI-NIMBUS B aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N4989CGeneral 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 MINI-NIMBUS B aircraft
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs are matched through the model’s type certificate data sheet, and this registry model isn’t matched to one.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N4989C before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.