# N807BB: Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4DM, registration cancelled 1999-10-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 21, 1999
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4DM](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-4dm) (registry code 3801966)
- Serial number: 20
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Certificate issued: August 23, 1996
- Last registry action: August 17, 1999
- Mode S code: AAFBF9
- Owners when cancelled: [Ivans William S Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/IVANS%20WILLIAM%20S%20TRUSTEE), [Ivans Rebecca Peck Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/IVANS%20REBECCA%20PECK%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Incline Village, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Incline%20Village)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 39.2413° N, 119.9383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 89450, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N807BB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=807BB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N807BB-1999-10-21

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 4DM: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-4dm.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 LAX99MA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99MA251), Jul 13, 1999: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4DM (N807BB), Minden, NV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive use of the elevator control during recovery from an inadvertently entered spin and/or spiral dive during which the glider exceeded the maximum permissible speed, which resulted…

## 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 19990713008889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990713008889A), Jul 13, 1999: Amtr NIMBUS4DM (N807BB), Minden, NV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Schempp-hirth nimbus 4DM glider crashed under unknown circumstances and was destroyed, the 2 POB (including a former FAA administrator) suffered fatal…

## Other aircraft with N807BB

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N807BB): Air Tractor AT-802A, S/N 802A-0584, built 2015

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