# N71AR: 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: September 30, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=71AR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71AR

## Aircraft that carried N71AR

- [Cancelled 2013-09-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71AR-2013-09-30): Maule M-5-235C, S/N 7445C, built 1984. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Western Air Research Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WESTERN%20AIR%20RESEARCH%20INC), [Driggs, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Driggs)

## NTSB investigations on N71AR (1)

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 SEA96FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA010), Oct 23, 1995: Maule M-5-235C (N71AR), Alta, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the corrosion, consequent fatigue cracking and ultimate separation of the right wing forward lift strut.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N71AR (1)

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 19951023034039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951023034039A), Oct 23, 1995: Maule M5235C (N71AR), Alta, WY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During bear elk tracking observed in low level turn. Right wing separated. Aircraft crashed burned. Strut corrosion

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