# N8804W: Schempp-Hirth SHK1

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth SHK1](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-shk1) (registry code 3801920, 1 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G9EU) (Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 4
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: May 12, 2024
- Expires: May 31, 2031
- Mode S code: AC20CE
- Registered owner: [Stovia James W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STOVIA%20JAMES%20W)
- Location: [Wagener, SC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SC/Wagener)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.6585° N, 81.4308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 29164, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8804W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8804W

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Schempp-Hirth SHK1)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N8804W.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8804W.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (2)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (Schempp-Hirth SHK1)

- [STC SG04702NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG04702NY): Installation and maintenance of Oratex UL600 Covering and Coating System. Lanitz-Prena Folien Factory GmbH
- [STC SA1008WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA1008WE): Installation of Poly-Fiber covering material. Poly-Fiber Inc

## Earlier aircraft with N8804W

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8804W before.

- [Cancelled 1975-12-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8804W-1975-12-15): Piper PA-28-235, S/N 28-10350. Owner: [W F Mann Reality Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/W%20F%20MANN%20REALITY%20INC), [Annapolis, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Annapolis)

## Related

- Other Schempp-Hirth SHK1 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-shk1/aircraft.md

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