Maule M-4-220C
N51127 is a Maule M-4-220C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Greensboro, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 8, 1973.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Maule
- Model
- M-4-220C · all M-4-220Cs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. Welded steel-tube fuselage under fabric; metal wing structure. This is how the Maule M-4 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 2188C
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Franklin 6V 350 SERIES · 235 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A667E4 (octal 51463744)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2014
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 8, 1973
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00901335
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Elsner Henry
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 208 Air Harbor Rd
Greensboro, NC 27455-9290
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N51127 links to the rest of the register
- Maule M-4 207 registered
- Maule 1,346 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Franklin 6V 350 series 134 aircraft with this engine series · 235 hp
- Greensboro, NC 183 aircraft registered in this town
- Piedmont Triad International · GSO
- Air Harbor Airport · W88
- Greensboro Executive · 3A4
- North Carolina 7,130 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Maule M-4 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Maule M-4 13 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Maule M-4 206 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N51127, 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 Elsner Henry, an individual, certificate issued November 19, 2014, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 8, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2188C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N51127 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lockheed 18-08 (serial 2075, cancelled January 27, 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]
1 NTSB record under N51127: Accident on November 7, 2021 at Ridgeway, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-4-220C · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper fuel management which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data