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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Maule MT-7-235
N47AE is a Maule MT-7-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Polar Air LLC, an LLC in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 16, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 8, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- MT-7-235 · all MT-7-235s 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 MT-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
- 18100C
- 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-W1A5 · 235 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A5BEC6 (octal 51337306)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 16, 2012
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · June 8, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00332779
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Polar Air 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
- 8353 Saddle Mountain Rd
Bozeman, MT 59715-8789
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N47AE links to the rest of the register
- Maule MT-7 76 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 IO-540-W1A5 31 aircraft with this engine series · 235 hp
- Polar Air LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Bozeman, MT 339 aircraft registered in this town
- Bozeman Yellowstone International · BZN
- Montana 6,049 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule MT-7 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule MT-7 6 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule MT-7 170 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540-W1A5 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540-W1A5 16 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Module, faulty · 2001-09-29
- Report filed on this aircraft: Shaft, broken · 2000-11-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Frame, dented · 2000-10-14
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N47AE.json.
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The public federal record on N47AE, 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 Polar Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 16, 2012, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 8, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18100C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N47AE 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]
2 NTSB records under N47AE: Accident on December 17, 1998 at Traverse City, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on November 20, 1996 at Covington, KY: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 · operated under 121
The crew's failure to execute a missed approach and the flying pilot's (captain) failure to maintain directional control upon touchdown with a seven degree left bank and a right quartering tailwind. Factor's were the snow covered runway/landing area and the night conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Atr 42 · operated under 121
improper use of procedures by maintenance personnel at an overhaul facility during overhaul of the landing gear, allowing corrosion to occur on the barrel lugs of the landing gear, which subsequently led to fatigue cracking of the lugs and eventual collapse of the gear.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data