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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N446VW

John R Kugler CAPTIVE GAS

Valid Nebraska

N446VW is a John R Kugler CAPTIVE GAS, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Mccook, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
John R Kugler
Model
CAPTIVE GAS
Serial number
370001
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A562D7 (octal 51261327)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 22, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01070542

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kugler John R
Type
Individual
Address
807 Spruce Rd
Mccook, NE 69001-4325

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data