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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-4 · all M-4s 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 M-4 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
- 38
- 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 · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1963
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A0566F (octal 50053157)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 22, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2026
- 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 · September 24, 1963
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00960330
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bernhardt Michael J
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N12026 links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-4 207 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
- Continental O-300 series 6,622 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- North Branch, MN 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Minnesota 6,933 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule M-4 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule M-4 13 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule M-4 206 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-300 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-300 series 38 reports since 1995
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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]
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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.
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