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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Maule M-6-235
N71MS is a Maule M-6-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1984. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Taf Aerial Services LLC, an LLC in Beeville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 30, 1984.
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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
- 7452C
- 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
- 1984
- Transponder code
- A97AD8 (octal 52275330)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · March 30, 1984
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00790927
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Taf Aerial Services 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
- 3201 Highway 59 W
Beeville, TX 78102-8284
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N71MS links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-6 81 registered
- Maule 1,344 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 4,220 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Taf Aerial Services LLC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Beeville, TX 21 aircraft registered in this town
- Beeville Municipal · BEA
- Chase Field Industrial · TX2
- Texas 29,938 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 49 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540 series 316 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N71MS, 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 Taf Aerial Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 24, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 30, 1984, consistent with the 1984 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7452C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N71MS 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 N71MS: Accident on December 29, 2023 at Beaumont, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 11, 1984 at New Orleans, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-6-235 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop on the runway.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-6-235 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data