Glider

N61XC

1996 Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1996
Serial
31
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Co-owned · sign in to see
Based
Westford, MA
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Registration record

N61XC on the FAA register

Type
1996 Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B
Serial
31
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Co-owned — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Westford, MA
Certificate issued
2024-03-20
Airworthiness date
1996-05-01
Registration expires
2031-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A7EE75
Mode S (octal)
51767165
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-09-18
    Accident at Edinburg, NY; damage: destroyed.
  • 2024-03-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N61XC.
  • 1996-05-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
Overview

About N61XC

N61XC is a 1996 Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B, serial number 31. It is registered to co-owners in Westford, Massachusetts. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 20, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (air racing), dated May 1, 1996.

N61XC has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2026-09-18 Accident · Edinburg, NY Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB (Ongoing) · ERA26LA346
Reported aircraft: Schemp-Hirth Ventus
Preliminary report: On September 18, 2026, about 1426 eastern daylight time, a Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2B glider, N61XC, and a Schleicher ASW-24 glider, N94CG, collided in flight near Edinburg, New York. The pilot of the Schempp-Hirth was fatally injured and the glider was destroyed. The pilot of the Schleicher was not injured and the glider was substantially damaged. The gliders were operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flights. The pilot of the Schleicher glider stated that there were four gliders flying in a thermal. They were flying at an altitude of about 5,000 ft mean sea level when the Schempp-Hirth glider descended from above and its left wing contacted the nose section of…
NTSB report ↗

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.