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N9979G

Cessna 188A

Valid Iowa

N9979G is a Cessna 188A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Gibson, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 12, 2015.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
188A
Serial number
18800779
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O 470R · 230 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
96 mph
Transponder code
ADF03E (octal 53370076)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 17, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · May 12, 2015
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00523310

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Steinke Matthew R
Type
Individual
Address
12713 120Th Ave
Gibson, IA 50104-8515

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