Maule 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-6-235 · all M-6-235s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7452C
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1984
- Transponder code
- A97AD8 (octal 52275330)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 30, 1984
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00790927
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Taf Aerial Services LLC
- Type
- LLC
- 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.
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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]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN24LA081 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-6-235 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW84LA200 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data