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N8143B

Maule MXT-7-180

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Carolina

N8143B is a Maule MXT-7-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Denton, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 17, 2006.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
MXT-7-180 · all MXT-7-180s 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
14113C
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-360-C1F · 180 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2006
Transponder code
AB1AFB (octal 52615373)

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 5, 2025
Expires
June 30, 2032
Last FAA action
June 5, 2025
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 · April 17, 2006
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00259859

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Beauchamp Joshua Kane
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
3207 Crousetown Rd
Denton, NC 27239-8009

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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 2

2003-02-28Piper PA-28RT-201 · Valid registration
1970-09-16Cessna 172 · Valid registration

Connections how N8143B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Denton, NC 8 aircraft registered in this town
  • North Carolina 7,132 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N8143B, 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 Beauchamp Joshua Kane, an individual, certificate issued June 5, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 17, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14113C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8143B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28RT-201 (serial 28R-8018030, cancelled February 28, 2003); Cessna 172 (serial 29943, cancelled September 16, 1970). 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 N8143B: Accident on July 2, 2002 at Lebanon, TN: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

ATL02FA137Accident on July 2, 2002 at Lebanon, TN: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 28R-8018030

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28RT-201 · operated under 091

The certified flight instructor attempted flight with known deficiencies in equipment, inoperative magneto, and subsequent lost engine power and collided with a transmission line while maneuvering for a forced landing.

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