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N772TW, a Maule MXT-7-180A
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N772TW

Maule MXT-7-180A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesGeorgia

N772TW is a Maule MXT-7-180A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Newnan, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 10, 2000.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
MXT-7-180A · all MXT-7-180As 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 MXT-7 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
21075C
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 O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
5
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AA7233 (octal 52471063)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 2, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 2, 2024
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 10, 2000
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00375630

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bugden Michael S
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
580 Walton Rd
Newnan, GA 30263-5303

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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

—Boeing 707-331 · Valid registration

Connections how N772TW links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Newnan, GA 130 aircraft registered in this town
  • Georgia 8,790 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N772TW, 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 Bugden Michael S, an individual, certificate issued August 2, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; 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 21075C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N772TW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 707-331 (serial 17690, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N772TW: Accident on July 26, 2020 at Hillsboro, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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

NTSB records 1

CEN20CA308Accident on July 26, 2020 at Hillsboro, IL: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule MXT7 · operated under 091

The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while attempting to avoid a deer during landing, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

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