# N2048U: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: October 16, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2048U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2048U

## Aircraft that carried N2048U

- [Cancelled 2012-10-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2048U-2012-10-16): Maule M-4-220C, S/N 2042C, built 1970. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Herning Benjamin N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HERNING%20BENJAMIN%20N), [Chugiak, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Chugiak)

## NTSB investigations on N2048U (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC97LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA142), Sep 4, 1997: Maule ML-4-220C (N2048U), Aniak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent swerve during landing on calm water. A factor was the pilot's lack of certification in single engine seaplanes.
- [NTSB ANC79FAG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FAG11), Oct 13, 1978: Maule M-4 (N2048U), Palmer, AK, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N2048U (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19970903039639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970903039639A), Sep 3, 1997: Maule M4220C (N2048U), Aniak, AK, Substantial damage. Right float seperated landing at remote lake. Damaged floats right wing also.
- [Accident 19781013029069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781013029069A), Oct 13, 1978: Maule M4T (N2048U), Palmer,Ak, AK, Substantial damage

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