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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Maule M-6-235
N56447 is a Maule M-6-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wray, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 7, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 11, 1981.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-6-235 · all M-6-235s 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 M-6 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
- 7383C
- 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 SER · 300 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- A738CA (octal 51634312)
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 7, 2014
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 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 · August 11, 1981
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00970296
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hutton Neil J
- 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
- 122 W South Railway St
Wray, CO 80758-1011
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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
Connections how N56447 links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-6 81 registered
- Maule 1,346 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 series 4,223 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Wray, CO 32 aircraft registered in this town
- Wray Municipal · RYA
- Colorado 7,485 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule M-6 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule M-6 4 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule M-6 201 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540 series 50 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540 series 316 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N56447, 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 Hutton Neil J, an individual, certificate issued October 7, 2014, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 11, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7383C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N56447 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing A75N1 (serial 75-2475, cancelled June 30, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N56447: Accident on June 6, 1994 at Bethel, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M6-235 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data