# N901DH: 1983 Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B, registration cancelled 2013-06-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 11, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b) (registry code 3802051)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 151
- Year built: 1983
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date: May 14, 1984
- Certificate issued: June 4, 1991
- Last registry action: May 20, 2008
- Mode S code: AC7336
- Owners when cancelled: [Hutchinson Harold D Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUTCHINSON%20HAROLD%20D%20TRUSTEE), [Hutchinson Anna Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUTCHINSON%20ANNA%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Malibu, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Malibu)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 34.0702° N, 118.8510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90265, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N901DH
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=901DH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901DH-2013-06-11

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 VENTUS-B: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b.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 LAX91LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA378), Aug 31, 1991: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B (N901DH), Mojave, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE GLIDER PILOT'S INADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR TERRAIN. FACTORS WHICH RELATED TO THE PILOT BEING LOW COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THE PILOT HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO WITNESSES WERE…

## 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 19910831037429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910831037429A), Aug 31, 1991: Sphrth VENTUSB (N901DH), Mojave, CA, Destroyed. Glider made a right turn. Lost altitude and crashed into a hollow dirt berm on edge of runway.

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