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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N18BM

Brent Morris M24 ORION

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTennessee

N18BM is a Brent Morris M24 ORION, a gyroplane with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Thompsons Station, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 30, 2024.

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Aircraft

Maker
Brent Morris
Model
M24 ORION
Serial number
24245317
Type
GyroplaneFAA type of aircraft code 9 (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 · Rotax 916 IS · 160 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2024
Kit
MAGNI GYRO SRL M24 ORION
Transponder code
A13E78 (octal 50237170)

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 16, 2024
Expires
November 30, 2031
Last FAA action
November 16, 2024
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 30, 2024
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01472116

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Morris Brent I
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
1253 Saddle Springs Dr
Thompsons Station, TN 37179-5420

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N18BM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rotax 916 IS 119 aircraft with this engine series · 160 hp
Place
  • Thompsons Station, TN 14 aircraft registered in this town
  • Tennessee 6,522 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N18BM, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Morris Brent I, an individual, certificate issued November 16, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 30, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24245317 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N18BM according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N18BM. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data