Maule M-5-235C
N343GA is a Maule M-5-235C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 4 seats. It is registered to N343Ga Leasing LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 28, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 14, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-5-235C · all M-5-235Cs 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-5 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
- 7009C
- 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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A3C90A (octal 50744412)
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 28, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 28, 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 14, 1976
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00970044
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N343Ga Leasing 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
- 4900 Hartman Cir
Anchorage, AK 99507-1439
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N343GA links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-5 364 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
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- N343Ga Leasing LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Anchorage, AK 2,529 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule M-5 17 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule M-5 29 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule M-5 211 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N343GA, 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 N343Ga Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 28, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 14, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7009C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N343GA 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 N343GA: Accident on September 13, 2025 at Point Mackenzie, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-5-235C · operated under 091
On September 13, 2025, about 12:28 Alaska daylight time, a Maule M5-235C airplane, N343GA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Point McKenzie, Alaska. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane departed Merrill Field (MRI) Anchorage, Alaska at around 12:20 and was en route to land at a private strip near Point McKenzie Alaska. The pilot reported that he was going to land to the south and was on the downwind leg of the traff…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data