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N3479W

Maule M-4-180V

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArizona

N3479W is a Maule M-4-180V, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Glendale, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 5, 2007.

Where is it now Last seen October 31 at 7:52 am.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-4-180V · all M-4-180Vs 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-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
47011T
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-360-C1F · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A3DAF7 (octal 50755367)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 5, 2021
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
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 · January 5, 2007
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00340139

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mccurdy Robert Kelly
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
7817 W Taro Ln
Glendale, AZ 85308-6103

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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

2002-02-15Piper PA-32-260 · Valid registration

Connections how N3479W links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N3479W, 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 Mccurdy Robert Kelly, an individual, certificate issued October 5, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated January 5, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 47011T for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3479W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-260 (serial 32-356, cancelled February 15, 2002). 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 N3479W: Accident on July 29, 2001 at Puyallup, WA: fatal, destroyed (6 fatal). 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

SEA01FA145Accident on July 29, 2001 at Puyallup, WA: fatal, destroyed (6 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 32-356

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-260 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during departure resulting in a stall. Trees were a factor in the accident.

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 November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data