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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N287MC

Maule M-7-235C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWyoming
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N287MC is a Maule M-7-235C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Valiair Lc Trustee, an LLC in Casper, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 15, 2024.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-7-235C · all M-7-235Cs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The 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-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
25045C
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 O-540-B4B5 · 235 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2001
Transponder code
A2E912 (octal 50564422)

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 13, 2024
Expires
March 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 19, 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 · July 15, 2024
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00013604

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Valiair Lc Trustee
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
330 S Center St Ste 300
Casper, WY 82601-2873

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2018-02-01Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19 · Valid registration

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N287MC, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Valiair Lc Trustee, an LLC, certificate issued March 13, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 15, 2024, 23 years after the 2001 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25045C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N287MC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19 (serial 7052, cancelled February 1, 2018). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N287MC: Accident on January 12, 1995 at Newton, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CHI95LA069Accident on January 12, 1995 at Newton, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: S550-0102

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna S550 · operated under 091

the pilot-in-command's failure to attain runway alignment. A factor was a snowbank.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data