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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Maule MX-7-180A
N897DC is a Maule MX-7-180A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Red Baron LLC, an LLC in Middletown, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 28, 1993.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- MX-7-180A · all MX-7-180As 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 MX-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
- 20012C
- 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
- AC5FA3 (octal 53057643)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 26, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 26, 2026
- 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 · October 28, 1993
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00734532
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Red Baron 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
- 600 N Broad St Ste 5 Pmb 3575
Middletown, DE 19709-1032
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N897DC links to the rest of the register
- Maule MX-7 192 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 O-360 / VO-360 series 11,931 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Red Baron LLC 31 aircraft in the fleet
- Middletown, DE 348 aircraft registered in this town
- Summit Airport · EVY
- Delaware 10,952 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule MX-7 10 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule MX-7 35 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule MX-7 205 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N897DC, 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 Red Baron LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 26, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20012C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N897DC 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 N897DC: Accident on September 7, 2020 at Brazoria, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 11, 2010 at Greenville, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule MX7 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around from unsuitable terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule MX7 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data