# N36LB: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6, registration cancelled 2008-04-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 16, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b-16-6) (registry code 3802061)
- Serial number: 239
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Certificate issued: February 7, 2003
- Last registry action: April 18, 2006
- Mode S code: A40AEF
- Owner when cancelled: [Kissel Stewart](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KISSEL%20STEWART)
- Location: [Vail, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Vail)
- Physical address: [Avon, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Avon)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.6378° N, 106.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vail, CO, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36LB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=36LB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36LB-2008-04-16

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 VENTUS B/16.6: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b-16-6.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 DEN08LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA017), Oct 26, 2007: Schempp-Hirth Ventus B/16.6 (N36LB), Salida, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall and impact with terrain.

## 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 20071026023789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071026023789A), Oct 26, 2007: Sphrth VENTUSB166 (N36LB), Salida, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Aircraft accident site examination indicated that pilot may have entered a low speed stall/spin at low altitude. Wreckage indicated a low speed, near…

## Other aircraft with N36LB

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36LB): Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 90A, S/N 5562, built 2014

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