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N516MA

Textron Aviation Inc G36

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWisconsin

N516MA is a Textron Aviation Inc G36, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Midwest Wings LLC, an LLC in Onalaska, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 24, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated August 15, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
G36 · all G36s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Beechcraft G36 Bonanza 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
E-4099
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 · Cont Motor IO-550-B · 300 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
6
Year built
2017
Transponder code
A678CD (octal 51474315)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 24, 2025
Expires
November 30, 2032
Last FAA action
June 26, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 15, 2017
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01238771

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Midwest Wings 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
2850 Midwest Dr Ste 103
Onalaska, WI 54650-6751

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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

2014-12-18Cessna R172E · Sale reported, canceled

Connections how N516MA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Onalaska, WI 14 aircraft registered in this town
  • Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered
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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N516MA, 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 Midwest Wings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 24, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated August 15, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E-4099 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N516MA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna R172E (serial R172-0174, cancelled December 18, 2014). 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 N516MA: Accident on August 20, 2013 at Meeteetse, WY: minor 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 1

WPR13CA381Accident on August 20, 2013 at Meeteetse, WY: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: R172-0174

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172E · operated under 091

The student pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to maintain clearance from rising terrain, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of situational awareness.

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 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data