Glider

N616JG

2017 Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau DISCUS-2C Fes

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2017
Serial
17
Class
Glider
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ruby Crest LLC (LLC)
Based
Girdwood, AK
Registration record

N616JG on the FAA register

Type
2017 Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau DISCUS-2C Fes
Serial
17
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Ruby Crest LLC
Girdwood, AK
Certificate issued
2025-08-01
Airworthiness date
2018-03-26
Registration expires
2032-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A805D7
Mode S (octal)
52002727
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N616JG to the current registrant.
  • 2018-03-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
  • 2017
    Manufactured (2017).
  • 2008-12-22
    N616JG previously assigned to a Cirrus SR22-G2 / SR22-G6 / SR22-G3 (s/n 0151); cancelled.
Overview

About N616JG

N616JG is a 2017 Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau DISCUS-2C Fes, serial number 17. The FAA register lists Ruby Crest LLC as the registrant in Girdwood, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 1, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (air racing), dated March 26, 2018.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N616JG.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N616JG.

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.