1978
Year
C-GXAD — 1978 Pietenpol Special
C-GXAD is an amateur-built 1978 Pietenpol Special based in Nanaimo, CYCD, British Columbia, listed on the Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register (serial 1978K125).
Experimental / homebuilt
Category
British Columbia
Based
1
Of this type in Canada
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The aircraft
Where it's based
Identity
Registration
AirworthinessAmateur-built: the owner built at least half of it themselves, under Transport Canada's homebuilt standard. It cannot be flown for hire or reward, so no charter, no rental and no paid flight training.Special Certificate of Airworthiness Amateur Built
Where C-GXAD is, and how to track it
C-GXAD transmits ADS-B under the 24-bit address C08168, which the trackers below use to find it. What the address is.
The owner of record and the certificate history are on Transport Canada's own lookup: see C-GXAD on the Transport Canada register →
How rare is C-GXAD?
The Pietenpol PIETENPOL SPECIAL is very rare in Canada. There are 1 on the register.
- Half of Canada's experimental / homebuilt aircraft were built before 2001. C-GXAD is older than most.
- Canada has 61 Pietenpol aircraft of all models.
- Canada has 4,129 experimental / homebuilt aircraft, 646 of them in British Columbia.
- 3 aircraft are based in Nanaimo, CYCD.
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Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, current to September 29, 2026. Aircraft data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada. MarketPlane.ca is not affiliated with Transport Canada.