Glider

N230K

2001 Homebuilt VENTUS-2C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2001
Serial
64
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Big Sky Ventus LLC (LLC)
Based
Anaconda, MT
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Registration record

N230K on the FAA register

Type
2001 Homebuilt VENTUS-2C
Serial
64
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Big Sky Ventus LLC
Anaconda, MT
Certificate issued
2025-05-19
Airworthiness date
2010-08-16
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A20961
Mode S (octal)
50404541
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N230K to the current registrant.
  • 2010-08-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2001
    Manufactured (2001).
  • 1929-11-25
    N230K previously assigned to a Moth 60-GM (s/n 42); cancelled.
Overview

About N230K

N230K is a 2001 Homebuilt VENTUS-2C, serial number 64. The FAA register lists Big Sky Ventus LLC as the registrant in Anaconda, Montana. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 19, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 16, 2010.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N230K. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1979-05-15 Accident · Sparland,Il, 13 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1751
Reported aircraft: Pitts S1C — a different aircraft that carried the N230K registration before this airframe.
1971-08-15 Accident · Smithfield,Ill, 13 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3028
Reported aircraft: Pitts Spec. SC-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N230K registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: STANCE TO DOWNED ACFT.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.