# N8KS: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS A/16.6, registration cancelled 1992-06-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 19, 1992
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth VENTUS A/16.6](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-a-16-6) (registry code 3802052)
- Serial number: 325
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Certificate issued: November 7, 1987
- Last registry action: March 26, 1991
- Mode S code: AADE1D
- Owners when cancelled: [Cundiff Roy S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CUNDIFF%20ROY%20S), [Cundiff Chery L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CUNDIFF%20CHERY%20L)
- Location: [Long Beach, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Long%20Beach)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 33.7716° N, 118.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90814, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8KS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8KS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8KS-1992-06-19

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 A/16.6: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-a-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 LAX92LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA225), May 31, 1992: Schempp-Hirth Ventus A/16.6 (N8KS), Tucson, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: THE INFLIGHT DISCONNECTION OF THE RIGHT AILERON 'OTELLIER COUPLER FITTING DUE TO LUBRICANTS ON THE COUPLER SLIDE LOCK PLATE, AND THE FAILURE OF THE GLIDER MANUFACTURER TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE…

## 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 19920531017409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920531017409A), May 31, 1992: Sphrth VENTUSA (N8KS), Tucson, AZ, Destroyed. Right aileron became disconnected in flight. Uncontrolled spiral. Bailed out. Slide lock fitting lubed in error.

## Other aircraft with N8KS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8KS): Smith Kenneth S RANS S-6S, S/N 0594622
- [Cancelled 1981-08-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8KS-1981-08-10): Schleicher ASW-20, S/N 20428. Exported to Switzerland. Owner: [Striedieck Karl H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STRIEDIECK%20KARL%20H), [Vestal, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Vestal)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8KS-undated): Smith Ken EIPPER MX II, S/N 1658. N-number assigned, not yet registered

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