N9179D is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 5, 2009. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172M cancelled February 5, 2009
- Serial number
- 17266140
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- January 27, 2003
- Last FAA action
- January 20, 2009
- Last owner
- Desert Wind Air Service LLC (Corporation)
Mesa, AZ - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Piper PA-22-160 cancelled May 5, 1975
- Serial number
- 22-6237
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 1970
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Bouton Glenn D (Individual)
Fairbanks, AK - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N9179D
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17266140
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of experience of flying on instruments on a dark night and in rainy weather.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site