Maule M-5-180C
N56646 is a Maule M-5-180C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Soldotna, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-5-180C · all M-5-180Cs 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-5 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
- 8084C
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A74037 (octal 51640067)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 31, 2025
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00880557
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fiebelkorn James W
- 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
- PO Box 1342
Soldotna, AK 99669-1342
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N56646 links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-5 364 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
- Soldotna, AK 258 aircraft registered in this town
- Soldotna Airport · SXQ
- Mackeys Lakes Seaplane Base · L85
- Soldotna Hospital Heliport · SD1
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule M-5 17 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule M-5 29 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule M-5 211 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N56646, 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 Fiebelkorn James W, an individual, certificate issued March 31, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 8084C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N56646 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-200 (serial 34-7450015, cancelled October 29, 1973). 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 N56646: Accident on July 22, 2001 at Houghton Lake, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-5-180C · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff run. A factor relating to this accident was the trees.
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