Maule 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- MX-7-180A · all MX-7-180As and related versions
- Serial number
- 20012C
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AC5FA3 (octal 53057643)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 26, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 26, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 28, 1993
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00734532
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Red Baron LLC
- Type
- LLC
- 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.
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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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN20CA388 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA10CA227 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