# Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4DM

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 3801966
- Manufacturer (registry): SCHEMPP-HIRTH
- Model: NIMBUS 4DM
- Aircraft type: Glider
- Category: Glider
- Engines: None
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-4dm

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Information bulletins (advisory) (4)

- [SAIB CE-10-26](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-10-26): Engine  Starter Ring Gears. Issued Apr 14, 2010
- [SAIB CE-04-40](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-04-40): . Issued Jan 7, 2004
- [SAIB CE-02-42](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-02-42): . Issued Aug 9, 2002
- [SAIB CE-00-28](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-00-28): . Issued Aug 1, 2000

## Registered aircraft (1)

- [N2888V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2888V): [Maedl Marcus A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MAEDL%20MARCUS%20A), [San Marcos, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Marcos), S/N 32

## 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…

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