# N979UA: Matthew Westhoff S500

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Matthew Westhoff S500](https://openairdocs.org/model/matthew-westhoff-s500) (registry code 06101ZN)
- Serial number: QD-1001
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Electric
- Certificate issued: February 7, 2017
- Expires: February 28, 2030
- Mode S code: ADA6D7
- Registered owner: [University Of Alaska Fairbanks Acuasi](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNIVERSITY%20OF%20ALASKA%20FAIRBANKS%20ACUASI)
- Location: [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 64.8575° N, 147.8346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99775, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=979UA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N979UA

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Matthew Westhoff S500)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N979UA.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N979UA.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N979UA

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N979UA before.

- [Cancelled 2007-02-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979UA-2007-02-21): Boeing 737-291, S/N 21544, built 1978. Exported to Honduras. Owner: La Ceiba Atlantida

## Related

- Other Matthew Westhoff S500 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/matthew-westhoff-s500/aircraft.md

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