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N79DG

Aerotek PITTS S-2A

Valid Indiana

N79DG is an Aerotek PITTS S-2A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Star Aerobatics LLC, an LLC in Columbia City, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2019 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 5, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Aerotek
Model
PITTS S-2A · all PITTS S-2As and related versions
Serial number
2184
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
115 mph
Transponder code
AAB5FE (octal 52532776)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 28, 2019
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Acrobatic · January 5, 1979
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00845060

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Star Aerobatics LLC
Type
LLC
Address
2954 E Evergreen Rd
Columbia City, IN 46725-9212

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N79DG, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Star Aerobatics LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 28, 2019, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 5, 1979, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2184 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N79DG according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N79DG: Accident on September 10, 1995 at Belvidere, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CHI95LA318Accident on September 10, 1995 at Belvidere, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat PITTS S2R · operated under 091

inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in failure of each pilot to see-and-avoid the other airplane.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI95LA318 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data