N19WX
FOR SALE!
FOR SALE!
We have made the decision to sale this wonderful airplane! We aren’t flying it as much these days and would love for someone else to enjoy this fantastic aircraft. We have owned this aircraft for a few years and have had plenty of fun adventures! This airplane has always been hangared and has been extremely well taken care of. The Engine doesn’t have many hours on it and should provide someone with many years of great flying. Completely restored by Wright Aircraft Technology in 2004, this Maule is in great shape and you’ll be hard pressed to find an M4 Maule in this condition. Logs are complete, going back to the very first entry of the Production Test Flight on January 15, 1973.
Need transition training for an M4 Maule? Fortunately, Trent is a CFI and can assist with this!
Aircraft is located in Gadsden, Alabama at the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, KGAD.
Airframe: 1973 Maule M4 220C
Engine: Franklin PZL 6A-350-C1R
Horsepower: 220
SMOH: 166.5
ACTT: 1,846.03
Previous Annual Compressions: 78/80, 79/80, 79/80, 78/80, 79/80,79/80
McCauley PTT: 280.46
Garmin GTN650
Dual Garmin G5 Instruments
Garmin GTX330 (ADS-B Out)
Garmin GMA340 Audio Panel
Bendix King KX 125 TSO Secondary Radio
JPI EDM830 Engine Monitor
- MP & RPM
- EGT/CHT all 6 cylinders
- Fuel Flow/Used/Remaining
- Oil Temp
- Battery Voltage
- OAT
- Carb TempAeroLogic Digital Tachometer
AeroLogic Digital Oil Pressure/Oil Temp
AeroLogic Digital Fuel Gauge (New CIES fuel sending units installed 10-2025)
GA Plugs for all 4 seats
Powered LEMO for both pilot seats
Audio/Music input located front and rear
Whelen LED Landing Lights with Wig-Wag (L/R/Steady/Different Flash Patterns)
31” Alaskan Bushwheel Tires
Larger ABI/Cleveland Brake Calipers from Alaska Gear installed
Custom Brake Chocks Included
Detailed Photos Below!If you just want to read or watch about all the adventures we have taken in this airplane, keep scrolling!
Asking Price $145,000
— Contact Me or Trent with any questions —
The design of the M-4 was started in 1956 by Belford D. Maule and the prototype "Bee Dee" first flew in February 1957.
BD Maule started the Maule Aircraft Company to develop and build the aircraft as the Maule M-4. Maule aircraft are known for their short take off and landing (STOL) capabilities, without losing the useful load capabilities of many small aircraft.
Although there are Maule Aircraft today with nose wheels, the original design, and majority of Maule aircraft have a conventional landing gear (tailwheel) design. We call these “taildraggers.” Taildraggers are by far the most challenging types of aircraft to land, due to its susceptibility to ground looping when landing. A ground loop occurs when directional control is lost on the ground and the tail of the aircraft passes the nose, swapping ends, in some cases completing a full circle. Ground-looping occurs because, whereas a nosewheel aircraft is steered from ahead of the center of gravity, a taildragger is steered from behind (much like driving a car backwards at high speed), so that on the ground a taildragger is inherently unstable, whereas a nosewheel aircraft will self-center if it swerves on landing.
Specifications
Year: 1973
Model: M-4-220C
Engine: 220 hp Franklin 6A-350-C1
Cruise speed: 127 Knots (Bushwheels slow us from this)
Endurance: 3.25 hours with day VFR reserve
Seats: 4
Max Gross Weight: 2,300 Pounds
Useful Load: ~850 Pounds
Length: 22 feet
Wingspan: 31 feet
*Background image is a photo taken while flying the Maule along the Hudson River in NYC
This Maule was built for Paul Frank out of Naples, Florida in 1973, and came off the assembly line with the tail number of N40649. Paul’s father, Edward H Frank purchased 420 acres of land in the 1940’s as farm land. This article quotes, “Ed’s son Paul, who owned a single engine Maule airplane built for short landings and takeoffs, would land his plane in the pasture that is now the 18th fairway at Wilderness Country Club.” It also talks about Ed’s creation of what we know today as a Swamp Buggy, and how he helped organize the swamp buggy races that continue today.
You can read more about Edward’s swamp buggy racing here and here.
Original Purchase Order from the Maule Aircraft Company for N40649 (N19WX)
This Maule was initially registered to Paul and ED Frank until Edward’s death. In February of 1982, the airplane transferred ownership to Paul Frank alone, until it was sold in 1999. In 2004 the tail number was changed to its current “N19WX,” after it was fully restored by Wright Aircraft Technology in Moultrie, GA.
The airplane remained in a partnership until it was again sold in 2011 to a good friend, and the person we purchased the airplane from in 2024.
Dustin (Left) & Trent (Right)
Original Application for Airworthiness Certificate
