# N9179D: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: February 5, 2009
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9179D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9179D

## Aircraft that carried N9179D

- [Cancelled 2009-02-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9179D-2009-02-05): Cessna 172M, S/N 17266140, built 1976. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Desert Wind Air Service LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DESERT%20WIND%20AIR%20SERVICE%20LLC), [Mesa, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Mesa)
- [Cancelled 1975-05-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9179D-1975-05-05): Piper PA-22-160, S/N 22-6237. Owner: [Bouton Glenn D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOUTON%20GLENN%20D), [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)

## NTSB investigations on N9179D (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA07FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA012), Oct 25, 2006: Cessna 172M (N9179D), Escalante, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: 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.
- [NTSB ANC71FAA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC71FAA11), Aug 21, 1970: Piper PA-22 (N9179D), Fairbanks, AK, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9179D (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20061024023839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061024023839A), Oct 24, 2006: Cessna 172M (N9179D), Escalante, UT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The aircraft was enroute from mesa, AZ to provo, UT. The aircraft was airborne for 3 hours at an altitude of 10,500 feet under a VFR flight plan when it…

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