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Fixed Wing Single Engine · 1979 · Anchorage, AK
N4596U is a 1979 Fixed Wing Single Engine (serial U20604990), registered to Rustair Inc (corporation) in Anchorage, AK. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires June 2027; the airworthiness certificate dates from May 1993 (33 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES engine rated at 285 hp, the engine on 85% of registered Fixed Wing Single Engines. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A596C8. It is one of 351 Fixed Wing Single Engine aircraft on the FAA registry. Rustair Inc holds 21 aircraft on the registry.
Source: FAA aircraft registry (public record). Community reviews and photos below.
270 of the 316 registered Fixed Wing Single Engine carry this engine (85%), across 13 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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