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N4235R

Maule M-7-235C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesRhode Island

N4235R is a Maule M-7-235C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Westerly, Rhode Island. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 10, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 22, 1999.

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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
25033C
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
1999
Transponder code
A509DB (octal 51204733)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 10, 2026
Expires
February 28, 2033
Last FAA action
February 10, 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 · June 22, 1999
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00315802

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wustman Charles Dryer
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
56 Airport Rd Site T-2
Westerly, RI 02891

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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

1993-09-21Piper PA-32-300 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N4235R links to the rest of the register

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Engine
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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N4235R, 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 Wustman Charles Dryer, an individual, certificate issued February 10, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 22, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25033C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4235R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 3240600, cancelled September 21, 1993). 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 N4235R: Accident on January 27, 1989 at Gualala, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 28, 1983 at Gorman, CA: 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 2

LAX89LA100Accident on January 27, 1989 at Gualala, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 32-40600

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-300 · operated under 091

PILOT MISJUDGED THE ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE TO THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY DID NOT ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT.

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

LAX83LA165Accident on March 28, 1983 at Gorman, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 32-40600

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-300 · operated under 091

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

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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data