David M Leblanc 162F
N8318A is a David M Leblanc 162F, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chuluota, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 30, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- David M Leblanc
- Model
- 162F
- Serial number
- 6955
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotorway RI 162F · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Kit
- ROTORWAY INTL EXEC 162F
- Transponder code
- AB5F82 (octal 52657602)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 5, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 5, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 30, 2011
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01070784
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Burdette Douglas Pat
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1236 Gallant Fox Way
Chuluota, FL 32766-9131
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
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The public federal record on N8318A, 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 Burdette Douglas Pat, an individual, certificate issued June 5, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 30, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6955 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8318A was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 2485, cancelled November 19, 2003); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288116120, cancelled July 13, 1988); Cessna 170B (serial 25170, cancelled August 13, 1973). 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]
2 NTSB records under N8318A: Accident on March 28, 2025 at Chuluota, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 2003 at Waimea, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rotorway EXEC · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control of the helicopter during takeoff, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA25LA160 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 Beta · operated under 091
The certified flight instructor (CFI) delayed remedial action in response to the excessive descent rate initiated by the student during the practice autorotation. Also causal, was the CFI's inadequate supervision of the student during the flight. A possible tail wind condition and the pilot identified gusts were factors.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03CA227 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data