# N97TW: 2025 Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau VENTUS 3E

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau VENTUS 3E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-flugzeugbau-ventus-3e) (registry code 3801957, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Solo EMRAX-208](https://openairdocs.org/engine/solo-emrax-208) (registry code 58112)
- Serial number: 263 EP
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: Electric
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date: April 4, 2026
- Certificate issued: March 13, 2026
- Expires: March 31, 2033
- Mode S code: AD830A
- Registered owners: [Sullivan Claude M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SULLIVAN%20CLAUDE%20M), [Welles Gillett T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLES%20GILLETT%20T)
- Location: [Beaver Dams, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Beaver%20Dams)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 42.3007° N, 77.0052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 14812, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=97TW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97TW

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 Flugzeugbau VENTUS 3E)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Solo EMRAX-208)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N97TW.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N97TW.

## 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)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N97TW

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N97TW before.

- [Cancelled 2011-01-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97TW-2011-01-11): Piper PA-31T, S/N 31T-7920051, built 1979. Exported to Brazil. Owner: [None, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/None)

## Related

- Other Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau VENTUS 3E aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-flugzeugbau-ventus-3e/aircraft.md
- The Solo EMRAX-208 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/solo-emrax-208.md

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