# SAIB CE-04-40: 

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: January 7, 2004
- Products: Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau Discus 2a, Discus 2b, Discus bM, Nimbus 4DM, Nimbus-3, Nimbus 24.5, Ventus 2a, Ventus 2b and Ventus 2cM sailplanes
- Product type: Aircraft, Glider
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/8d/ef/8defefe9166b91646e8cda948d2f862e1ad8bf7123a7a72a32dc6b433ad565d1
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/7F8A5F4C9BF225AD8625721F0052EB64.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-04-40

## Text

**SPECIAL**

**AIRWORTHINESS**

**INFORMATION**

**BULLETIN**

Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

No. CE-04-40 January 7, 2004 www.faa.gov - Search "SAIBs" This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction

This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) advises you, owners and operators of Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH Discus 2a, Discus 2b, Discus bM, Nimbus 4DM, Nimbus-3, and Nimbus 24.5, Ventus 2a, Ventus 2b, Ventus 2cM model sailplanes, to review the service bulletins (SBs) listed below.

SB (Technical Note) LBA AD MODEL DATE TOPIC 286-34 2002-357 Nimbus-3 Nimbus 24.5 9/23/2002 Service life extension 825-31 863-7 868-5 2002-199/2 Ventus-2cM Discus bM Nimbus-4DM 6/20/2002 Propeller hub failure 349-28 360-20 863-8 2003-280 Discus 2a Discus 2b Ventus 2a Ventus 2b 9/16/2003 Elevator mass balance weights

Background

We conducted a review of the specified Schempp-Hirth sailplane SBs. These models or some serial numbers of these models are not type certificated in the United States, and therefore do not meet the criteria for mandatory action. We don’t issue ADs for sailplanes without a U.S. type certificate.

Recommendation

The FAA strongly recommends that you review the SBs listed above.

The Service Bulletins Can Be Obtained From

Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH, Postfach 1443, D-73222 Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, phone:

(011) 49 7021 7298-0, Fax: (011) 49 7021 7298-199.

For Further Information Contact

Gregory Davison, Aerospace Engineer, FAA Small Airplane Directorate, Room 301, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; phone: (816) 329-4130; fax: (816) 329-4090; email:

gregory.davison@faa.gov

## Registered aircraft it may concern (OpenAirDocs)

Registry models matched by make and model, the same way as ADs, most registered aircraft first.

- [Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-discus-2b): 27 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-2b): 22 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-2a): 7 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp-Hirth DISCUS 2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-discus-2a): 6 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 3](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-3): 6 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau VENTUS 2B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-flugzeugbau-ventus-2b): 2 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4DM](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-nimbus-4dm): 1 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schempp-Hirth Fluzeugbau DISCUS BM](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-fluzeugbau-discus-bm): 0 registered aircraft (airframe model)

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