N20539 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Sikorsky S-76C built in 2008. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 5, 2009 when the aircraft was exported to France. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
N20539 is reserved by Textron Aviation INC since September 2, 2016. Reservation type: Reserved to manufacturer, no fee, no expiration.
Sikorsky S-76C cancelled October 5, 2009
- Serial number
- 760752
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 2008
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- France
- Certificate issued
- January 9, 2009
- Last FAA action
- January 9, 2009
- Last owner
- Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee (Corporation)
Salt Lake City, UT - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
Garner Michael M GARNER ROTORWAY 162F cancelled October 26, 2005
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2003
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- January 25, 2002
- Last FAA action
- September 20, 2005
- Last owner
- Garner Michael M (Individual)
Myrtle Point, OR - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Cessna 172M cancelled May 20, 1977
- Serial number
- 17261376
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- May 20, 1977
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Vosburgh Steven L (Individual)
New Bedford, MA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N20539
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rotorway Exec 162F · serial 001
The disintegration, for undetermined reasons, of the upper main drive pulley assembly bearing, while in cruise flight, leading to the decoupling of the main rotor drive assembly from the engine drive assembly. Factors include the absence of any suitable forced landing area, leading to a landing between the gravestones of a cemetery.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site