- Registered owner
- Laird Charles L IV
- Location
- Adelanto, CA
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 842
- Year built
- 1927
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- May 30, 2003
- Certificate issued
- October 25, 2018
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- ADA513
Swallow SWALLOWTCDS ATC 21 SwallowAirframe · Swallow SWALLOWTCDS Group 2 Curtiss OX-5Engine · Wright CURTISS OX5
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
No ADs matched this aircraft’s modelsADs on appliances, propellers and installed equipment aren’t matched by model; check those separately.
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N979Matched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Swallow SWALLOW aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N979Matched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Swallow SWALLOW aircraft
Reports on N979 not matched to an aircraft · 4
They name N979, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Incident 19810824066339IDoug DC9 · Houston, SWZk on approach no left landing gear safe indication. Landed ok. Found loose connection for indicator light.Incident 19801119080409IDoug DC9 · Baltimore, MDRear cargo door came open at V1, flight returned. Reason for door opening is under investigation.Incident 19800711060259IBoeing 727 · Wilkes Barre, PAEmergency descent when control of cabin pressure lost at AL260. Door seals & outflow valve leaking.Incident 19790615016769IDoug DC9 · Des Moines, IACompany received telephone bomb threat. Aircraft en route, landed. Was searched, nothing found.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N979General aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Swallow SWALLOW aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 1
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Swallow SWALLOW
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2
These aircraft carried N979 before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.