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N579JD

Cessna A185F

Valid Minnesota

N579JD is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 12, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 23, 2008.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185F
Serial number
18503964
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-520-F · 300 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1980
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
A770A4 (octal 51670244)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 12, 2010
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 23, 2008
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01003084

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Forst Kenneth D DBA
Type
Individual
Address
21991 Mishawaka Rd
Grand Rapids, MN 55744-4530
Co-owners
Kenneth Forst Aviation

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