{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1969-02-10","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-12-27","city":"DALLAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":108,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Maule","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MAULE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"5460114","mode_s_code":"51303427","mode_s_hex":"A58717","model":"M-4-220C","n_number":"N4550R","name":"CARPENTER KEVIN C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Albuquerque","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-03-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN11CA233","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.","registration":"N4550R","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on March 17, 2011 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"STERLING","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-10-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN90LA011","probable_cause":"THE PILOT FAILED TO CORRECT A GROUND LOOP/SWERVE DURING LANDING ROLL. A STRONG CROSSWIND WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.","registration":"N4550R","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on October 15, 1989 at Sterling, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Carpenter Kevin C, an individual, certificate issued December 27, 2018, expires December 31, 2028. 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 2017C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","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 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.","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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"2017C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"17406 DOWELL CIR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00762894","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4550R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"752525711"}