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A Maule M-7, the same model family as N9VM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N9VM

Maule M-7-260C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota
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N9VM is a Maule M-7-260C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Sher Lease LLC, an LLC in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 16, 2013.

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Aircraft

Maker
Maule
Model
M-7-260C · all M-7-260Cs 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 M-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
30049C
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 IO-540-V4A5D · 260 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2009
Transponder code
AC6C61 (octal 53066141)

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 24, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 24, 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 · November 16, 2013
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01030759

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sher Lease 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
15612 Sherbrooke Rd
Pelican Rapids, MN 56572-9329

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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

2010-07-19Piper PA-32-300 · Valid registration

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N9VM, 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 Sher Lease LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 24, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 16, 2013, 4 years after the 2009 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30049C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9VM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7640009, cancelled July 19, 2010). 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 N9VM: Accident on September 19, 1996 at Georgetown, SC: minor 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

ATL96LA128Accident on September 19, 1996 at Georgetown, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 32-764009

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-300 · operated under 091

failure of maintenance personnel to comply with an airworthiness directive, requiring periodic magneto inspections; inadequate annual inspection of the airplane by (other) maintenance personnel; and subsequent failure of the impulse coupling in the left magneto, which resulted in a jammed magneto, failure of the idler and crankshaft gears, and subsequent loss of engine power. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.

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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

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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