Cessna 188A
N9979G is a Cessna 188A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Gibson, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 12, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 188A · all 188As 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 188 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
- 18800779
- 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 · Cont Motor O 470R · 230 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 96 mph
- Transponder code
- ADF03E (octal 53370076)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 12, 2015
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00523310
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Steinke Matthew R
- 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
- 12713 120Th Ave
Gibson, IA 50104-8515
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9979G links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 188 33 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
- Continental O-470R 107 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Gibson, IA 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Iowa 4,513 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 188 15 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 188 45 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 188 70 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470R 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470R 255 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N9979G, 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 Steinke Matthew R, an individual, certificate issued May 17, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 12, 2015, 44 years after the 1971 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18800779 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9979G 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 N9979G: Accident on July 25, 2016 at What Cheer, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 188 · operated under 091
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons due to the pilot not making the airplane or engine available for examination, which resulted in a forced landing and an impact with terrain.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data