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N9277E

Maule M-5-235C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N9277E is a Maule M-5-235C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Council, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 15, 2008 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 15, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-5-235C · all M-5-235Cs and related versions
Serial number
7154C
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
ACDB7D (octal 53155575)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
February 15, 2008
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
October 14, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 15, 1977
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00690621

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thomason Kenneth L
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
PO Box 769
Council, ID 83612-0769

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1969-10-30Aeronca 11AC · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9277E, 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 Thomason Kenneth L, an individual, certificate issued February 15, 2008, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated November 15, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7154C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9277E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 11AC (serial 11AC-915, cancelled October 30, 1969). 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 N9277E: Accident on April 12, 2008 at Monroe, WA: no 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

LAX08CA106Accident on April 12, 2008 at Monroe, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-5-235C · operated under 091

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data