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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Maule MX-7-235
N11ZA is a Maule MX-7-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1985. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Ranch Aero LLC, an LLC in Sterling City, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 8, 1985.
Where is it now Last seen October 11 at 5:23 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- MX-7-235 · all MX-7-235s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. Welded steel-tube fuselage under fabric; metal wing structure. This is how the Maule MX-7 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 10005C
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1985
- Transponder code
- A02C1A (octal 50026032)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 9, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 8, 1985
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00593154
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ranch Aero LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 91
Sterling City, TX 76951-0091
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N11ZA links to the rest of the register
- Maule MX-7 192 registered
- Maule 1,344 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-540 series 4,219 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Ranch Aero LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Sterling City, TX 25 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule MX-7 10 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule MX-7 35 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule MX-7 205 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540 series 49 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540 series 316 reports since 1995
- Where N11ZA is now · Last seen October 11 at 5:23 pm.
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The public federal record on N11ZA, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Ranch Aero LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 9, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 8, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10005C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N11ZA according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N11ZA: Accident on October 8, 2014 at Big Creek, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule MX 7-235 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while on final approach with shifting wind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data