{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-11-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-07-24","city":"","country_code":"","county_code":"","cruise_speed_mph":108,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-10-27","maker":"Maule","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MAULE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5460135","mode_s_code":"51632204","mode_s_hex":"A73484","model":"M-5-235C","n_number":"N56304","name":"","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PORCUPINE BUTTE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-09-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC88LA144","probable_cause":"","registration":"N56304","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 17, 1988 at Porcupine Butte, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"MCGRATH","damage":"SUBS","date":"1984-03-08","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC84LA041","probable_cause":"","registration":"N56304","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on March 8, 1984 at Mcgrath, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N56304 is a Maule M-5-235C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 24, 2020 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 28, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to an owner whose details are withheld, an individual, certificate issued July 24, 2020, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7236C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N56304 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-200 (serial 28R-7335404, cancelled October 3, 1973). 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 N56304: Accident on September 17, 1988 at Porcupine Butte, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 8, 1984 at Mcgrath, AK: no 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":"","region_code":"","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"7236C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00040256","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N56304","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":""}