Cessna 177B
N34980 is a Cessna 177B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marietta, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 4, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 177B · all 177Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 177 Cardinal family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 17702132
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A3E246 (octal 50761106)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 27, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 4, 1974
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00342703
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Augestad Robert D
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1860 Kristen Mill Way
Marietta, GA 30062-7703
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N34980 links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 177 Cardinal 2,159 registered
- Cessna 72,676 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,929 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Marietta, GA 130 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,804 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 177 Cardinal 37 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 177 Cardinal 263 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 177 Cardinal 396 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N34980, 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 Augestad Robert D, an individual, certificate issued January 27, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 4, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17702132 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N34980 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Douglas DC3-G202A (serial 42976, cancelled May 1, 1946). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N34980: Accident on September 28, 1991 at Lake Charles, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 177B · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM A COMPLETE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE FUEL SUPPLY.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data