- Registered owner
- Maughmer Mark D
- Location
- University Park, PA
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 162
- Year built
- 2004
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, racing, exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- March 31, 2005
- Certificate issued
- June 27, 2007
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A7B87F
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 4
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 2004 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
Airframe · Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B
AD 2023-17-05Drag Control SystemAD 2022-05-05Flight Control SystemAD 2016-22-01Flight ControlsAD 2004-08-12Elevator mass balanceInformation bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B
SAIB CE-04-40NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N597MDMatched 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 VENTUS-2B aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N597MDMatched 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-2B aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N597MDGeneral 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-2B 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.