{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2006-07-31","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-09-07","city":"GRAND JUNCTION","country_code":"US","county_code":"077","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42283","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-360-C1F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Maule","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MAULE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5460136","mode_s_code":"50751427","mode_s_hex":"A3D317","model":"M-4-180V","n_number":"N3456M","name":"BUXTON MICHAEL","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"VALLEJO","damage":"DEST","date":"1991-10-26","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX92LA029","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER, CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND IMPROPER ALTITUDE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS LOW CEILINGS, POOR VISIBILITY, AND RESTRICTED VISUAL LOOKOUT.","registration":"N3456M","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 26, 1991 at Vallejo, CA: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3456M is a Maule M-4-180V, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Junction, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 7, 2006 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 31, 2006.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Buxton Michael, an individual, certificate issued September 7, 2006, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated July 31, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 47004T for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N3456M was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 1391, cancelled January 5, 1994); Piper PA-28R-201T (serial 28R7803171, cancelled February 22, 1984); Piper PA-12 (serial 12-2323, cancelled May 20, 1965). 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":"1 NTSB record under N3456M: Accident on October 26, 1991 at Vallejo, CA: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"47004T","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2125 SEQUOIA CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00259589","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3456M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"815071041"}