Barbour D R/Gildersleeve J M RV 4
N188BG is a Barbour D R/Gildersleeve J M RV 4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1988. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 1989 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 19, 1989.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Barbour D R/Gildersleeve J M
- Model
- RV 4
- Serial number
- 1032
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1988
- Transponder code
- A15E84 (octal 50257204)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 3, 1989
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 19, 1989
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00144241
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gildersleeve Jud M
- Type
- Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 4226 N Andrus Rd
Hastings, MI 49058 - Co-owners
- Gildersleeve Shirley A
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N188BG, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Gildersleeve Jud M, a co-owned, certificate issued February 3, 1989, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 19, 1989, consistent with the 1988 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1032 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N188BG according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N188BG: Accident on May 9, 1991 at Ionia, MI: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gildersleeve RV-4 · operated under 091
REMEDIAL ACTION NOT PERFORMED BY THE PILOT AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ASSURE THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE PROPER TANK.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data