Maule M-4-220C
N4550R is a Maule M-4-220C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 27, 2018 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 10, 1969.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-4-220C · all M-4-220Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2017C
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A58717 (octal 51303427)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 27, 2018
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 10, 1969
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00762894
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Carpenter Kevin C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 17406 Dowell Cir
Dallas, TX 75252-5711
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4550R, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Carpenter Kevin C, an individual, certificate issued December 27, 2018, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2017C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4550R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (serial 28-21256, cancelled June 12, 1969). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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. [3]
2 NTSB records under N4550R: Accident on March 17, 2011 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 15, 1989 at Sterling, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-4-220C · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11CA233 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-4-220C · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO CORRECT A GROUND LOOP/SWERVE DURING LANDING ROLL. A STRONG CROSSWIND WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN90LA011 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data