# N901DH: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: June 11, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=901DH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N901DH

## Aircraft that carried N901DH

- [Cancelled 2013-06-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901DH-2013-06-11): Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B, S/N 151, built 1983. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Hutchinson Harold D Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUTCHINSON%20HAROLD%20D%20TRUSTEE), [Malibu, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Malibu)

## NTSB investigations on N901DH (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX91LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA378), Aug 31, 1991: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B (N901DH), Mojave, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE GLIDER PILOT'S INADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR TERRAIN. FACTORS WHICH RELATED TO THE PILOT BEING LOW COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THE PILOT HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO WITNESSES WERE…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N901DH (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19910831037429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910831037429A), Aug 31, 1991: Sphrth VENTUSB (N901DH), Mojave, CA, Destroyed. Glider made a right turn. Lost altitude and crashed into a hollow dirt berm on edge of runway.

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