{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-04-30","city":"FAIRBANKS","country_code":"US","county_code":"090","cruise_speed_mph":108,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"27023","engine_horsepower":235,"engine_maker":"FRANKLIN","engine_model":"6A-350SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Maule","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MAULE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5460114","mode_s_code":"51135307","mode_s_hex":"A4BAC7","model":"M-4-220C","n_number":"N40344","name":"HOWARD NATHAN L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"KOBUK","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-07-20","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ANC03LA083","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadvertent use of diesel fuel in a gasoline engine which resulted in a partial loss of engine power, and subsequent collision with trees during a forced landing after takeoff.  A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane that failed to detect the presence of diesel fuel in the fuel supply.","registration":"N40344","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 20, 2003 at Kobuk, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"HOWARD GARY O","plain_english":"N40344 is a Maule M-4-220C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Howard Nathan L, a co-owned, certificate issued April 30, 2011, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2120C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N40344 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N40344: Accident on July 20, 2003 at Kobuk, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":4,"serial_number":"2120C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6057 CHENA HOT SPRINGS RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00591094","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N40344","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"997123608"}