{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1999-02-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-05-22","city":"KALISPELL","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41530","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-05-22","maker":"Maule","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MAULE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5460111","mode_s_code":"50640725","mode_s_hex":"A341D5","model":"M-7-260","n_number":"N309MA","name":"PERKOS PICKLE FARM LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Manchester","damage":"SUBS","date":"2020-02-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA20CA098","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper landing flare in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground-loop.","registration":"N309MA","state":"NH","summary":"Accident on February 2, 2020 at Manchester, NH: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SMYRNA","damage":"DEST","date":"1995-09-21","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA95FA226","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER CLIMB RATE AFTER TAKEOFF, AND HIS INADVERTENT ENTRY IN A DESCENDING SPIRAL, WHICH HE FAILED TO CORRECT.  FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, AND THE PILOT BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN AN IFR CLEARANCE.","registration":"N309MA","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on September 21, 1995 at Smyrna, TN: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N309MA is a Maule M-7-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Perkos Pickle Farm LLC, an LLC in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 25, 1999.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Perkos Pickle Farm LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 22, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 25, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 26002C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N309MA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (serial 602, cancelled December 13, 1996). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N309MA: Accident on February 2, 2020 at Manchester, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 21, 1995 at Smyrna, TN: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":5,"serial_number":"26002C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1001 S MAIN ST PMB 500","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00593627","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N309MA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1999,"zip":"599011498"}