Maule M-4-220C
N2051U is a Maule M-4-220C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Hood River Aviation LLC, an LLC in Hood River, Oregon. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued March 31, 2020). It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 28, 1970.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-4-220C · all M-4-220Cs 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
- 2046C
- 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 · Franklin 6A&6V335 SER · 210 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A1A724 (octal 50323444)
Registration
- Status
- First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2020
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- August 8, 2024
- 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 · May 28, 1970
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00831253
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hood River Aviation 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
- 1799 Markham Rd
Hood River, OR 97031-9662
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2051U links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-4 207 registered
- Maule 1,345 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Franklin 6A&6V335 series 71 aircraft with this engine series · 210 hp
- Hood River Aviation LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Hood River, OR 337 aircraft registered in this town
- Ken Jernstedt Airfield · 4S2
- Oregon 7,002 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
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The public federal record on N2051U, 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.
Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 28, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2046C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2051U 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 N2051U: Accident on June 24, 2025 at Pendleton, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-4-220C · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, in gusting crosswind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data