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N5651D, a Maule M-6-235
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N5651D

Maule M-6-235

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N5651D is a Maule M-6-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Whisper Lake Flair CORP, a non-citizen corporation in Soldotna, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 20, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated July 17, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-6-235 · all M-6-235s 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-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
7438C
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
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A73BFC (octal 51635774)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 20, 2026
Expires
July 31, 2033
Last FAA action
July 20, 2026
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 17, 1989
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00450316

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Whisper Lake Flair CORP
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 1143
Soldotna, AK 99669-1143

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N5651D links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N5651D, 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 Whisper Lake Flair CORP, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued July 20, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7438C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5651D according to the deregistered file. [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 N5651D: Accident on August 31, 1984 at Bettles, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ANC84LA151Accident on August 31, 1984 at Bettles, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 747C

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-6-235 · 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