Maule M-4
N12026 is a Maule M-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1963. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in North Branch, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 22, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 24, 1963.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-4 · all M-4s and related versions
- Serial number
- 38
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1963
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A0566F (octal 50053157)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 22, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 24, 1963
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00960330
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bernhardt Michael J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 12316 Kost Dam Rd
North Branch, MN 55056-6743
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N12026, 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 Bernhardt Michael J, an individual, certificate issued January 22, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated September 24, 1963, consistent with the 1963 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 38 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N12026 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 N12026: Accident on July 10, 2012 at Springfield, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-4 · operated under 091
The tailwheel spring's overload failure during landing, resulting in a ground loop and runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12LA492 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data