Gibson Mark MANTA 503
N193AW is a Gibson Mark MANTA 503, a weight-shift aircraft with a two-stroke engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sagle, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 17, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 10, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Gibson Mark
- Model
- MANTA 503
- Serial number
- M503-08-001
- Type
- Weight-shift control
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 503 SERIES · 52 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2008
- Transponder code
- A17365 (octal 50271545)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 17, 2013
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 10, 2008
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01010626
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcdonald James R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 226 Merril Martin Rd
Sagle, ID 83860-9104
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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 N193AW, 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 Mcdonald James R, an individual, certificate issued July 17, 2013, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 10, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial M503-08-001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N193AW 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 N193AW: Accident on December 13, 2009 at Magnolia, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gibson Mark MANTA 503 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a static wire while maneuvering and his improper decision to fly with a low overcast sky.
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