# N8179Y: Schleicher KA-3, registration cancelled 2009-03-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 18, 2009
- Exported to: Australia
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schleicher KA-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-ka-3) (registry code 3801519)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 4-56
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: November 26, 1990
- Certificate issued: April 24, 2007
- Last registry action: April 24, 2007
- Mode S code: AB2707
- Owner when cancelled: [Lubbers Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LUBBERS%20AIR%20INC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.8187° N, 75.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19810, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8179Y
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8179Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8179Y-2009-03-18

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Schleicher KA-3: https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-ka-3.md

## Other aircraft with N8179Y

- [Cancelled 1988-03-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8179Y-1988-03-25): Piper PA-32-301, S/N 328006023. N-number assigned, not yet registered
- [Cancelled 1970-10-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8179Y-1970-10-26): Piper PA-30, S/N 30-1294, built 1966. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Penn-Aire Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PENN-AIRE%20AVIATION%20INC), [Franklin, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Franklin)

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