Glider

N917WV

2000 Homebuilt DISCUS-2B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2000
Serial
81
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Goshen, OH
Registration record

N917WV on the FAA register

Type
2000 Homebuilt DISCUS-2B
Serial
81
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Goshen, OH
Certificate issued
2024-11-09
Airworthiness date
2001-03-01
Registration expires
2031-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
ACB2B4
Mode S (octal)
53131264
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-11-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N917WV.
  • 2001-03-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2000
    Manufactured (2000).
Overview

About N917WV

N917WV is a 2000 Homebuilt DISCUS-2B, serial number 81. It is registered to an individual in Goshen, Ohio. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 9, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 1, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N917WV.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N917WV.

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.