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N309MA

Maule M-7-260

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana
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N309MA is a Maule M-7-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Perkos Pickle Farm LLC, an LLC in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 25, 1999.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-7-260 · all M-7-260s 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
26002C
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
1999
Transponder code
A341D5 (octal 50640725)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 22, 2026
Expires
May 31, 2033
Last FAA action
May 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 · February 25, 1999
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00593627

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Perkos Pickle Farm 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
1001 S Main St Pmb 500
Kalispell, MT 59901-1498

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1996-12-13Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N309MA, 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 Perkos Pickle Farm LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 22, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 25, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 26002C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N309MA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (serial 602, cancelled December 13, 1996). 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

2 NTSB records under N309MA: Accident on February 2, 2020 at Manchester, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 21, 1995 at Smyrna, TN: serious injuries, destroyed. 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

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NTSB records 2

ERA20CA098Accident on February 2, 2020 at Manchester, NH: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M7 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper landing flare in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground-loop.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

MIA95FA226Accident on September 21, 1995 at Smyrna, TN: serious injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 602

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 · operated under 091

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER CLIMB RATE AFTER TAKEOFF, AND HIS INADVERTENT ENTRY IN A DESCENDING SPIRAL, WHICH HE FAILED TO CORRECT. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, AND THE PILOT BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN AN IFR CLEARANCE.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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