Michael R Duehrssen M26 VICTOR
N16NM is a Michael R Duehrssen M26 VICTOR, a gyroplane with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rifle, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 5, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Michael R Duehrssen
- Model
- M26 VICTOR
- Serial number
- 26255956
- Type
- Gyroplane
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- MAGNI GYRO SRL M26 VICTOR
- Transponder code
- A0F08D (octal 50170215)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 5, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 5, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01528203
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Duehrssen Michael R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1020 County Road 294
Rifle, CO 81650-9322
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 · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N16NM, 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 Duehrssen Michael R, an individual, certificate issued January 5, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 26255956 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16NM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Peck Norman O PECK P-1 (serial 1, cancelled February 28, 2018). 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]
3 NTSB records under N16NM: Accident on May 18, 2013 at Aztec, NM: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Incident on January 18, 1999 at Clovis, NM: no injuries. Accident on August 31, 1997 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Peck Norman O PECK P-1 · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident fire damage precluded a complete examination of the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA299 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech E90 · operated under 135
Total failure of the elevator control cable due to a short circuit from chafing against an adjoining electrical cable, and failure of maintenance personnel to detect the problem during an AAIP phase inspection.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN99IA033 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech E90 · operated under 135
Fatigue failure of the right main landing gear retraction/extension torque tube.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA334 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