Johnson John C GLASTAR
N4579J is a Johnson John C GLASTAR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Snagwood CORP, a corporation in Brentwood, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 3, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Johnson John C
- Model
- GLASTAR
- Serial number
- 5819
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-320 SERIES · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2012
- Kit
- STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR
- Transponder code
- A58FB9 (octal 51307671)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 21, 2014
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · February 3, 2012
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01081206
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Snagwood CORP
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 3130 Balfour Rd Ste D305
Brentwood, CA 94513-5515
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4579J, 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 Snagwood CORP, a corporation, certificate issued October 21, 2014, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 3, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5819 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4579J was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Joy George Carroll B8M GYROCOPTER (serial G6535J, cancelled April 12, 1991); Piper PA-28-181 (serial 28R-30447, cancelled November 18, 1983). 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]
2 NTSB records under N4579J: Accident on May 26, 2017 at Concord, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 16, 1983 at Flagstaff, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Johnson Glastar · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR17LA110 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28R-180 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX83FUJ13 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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