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N59MN

Yost W F RUTAN DEFIANT

Valid Minnesota

N59MN is a Yost W F RUTAN DEFIANT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1985. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Duluth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 15, 2006.

Aircraft

Maker
Yost W F
Model
RUTAN DEFIANT
Serial number
D-059
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
1985
Transponder code
A79C2E (octal 51716056)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 15, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 15, 2006
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00361975

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Neal Matthew A
Type
Individual
Address
23 W Central Entrance
Duluth, MN 55811-3433

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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