# N11ZQ: 1992 Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-3DM, registration cancelled 2002-01-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 11, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-3DM](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-3dm) (registry code 3801952)
- Engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050)
- Serial number: 23
- Year built: 1992
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, racing, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: July 23, 1996
- Certificate issued: February 17, 1999
- Last registry action: February 17, 1999
- Mode S code: A02C28
- Owner when cancelled: [Saj LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SAJ%20LLC)
- Location: [Powell, WY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WY/Powell)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 44.8200° N, 109.0510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 82435, within about 16 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11ZQ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=11ZQ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11ZQ-2002-01-11

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS-3DM: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-3dm.md

## NTSB investigations (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 DEN01FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA105), May 24, 2001: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3DM (N11ZQ), Alamogordo, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's inadequate in-flight planning to fly over the mesa with insufficient altitude. A contributing factor was the downdraft weather condition

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20010524010759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010524010759A), May 24, 2001: Amtr NIMBUS3DM (N11ZQ), Cloudcroft, NM, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19)On may 24, 2001, at 1216 mountain daylight time, a schempp-hirth nimbus-3DM glider, N11ZQ, was destroyed when it impacted terrain while maneuvering near…

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