N8601E
N8601E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Patton Gyrocopter BENSEN B7MC built in 1962. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 15, 1972. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Patton Gyrocopter BENSEN B7MC cancelled November 15, 1972
- Serial number
- 1
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1962
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 12, 1962
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Patton Robert L (Individual)
Lafayette, IN - Airworthiness
- None on file
Wing D-1 cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 006
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8601E
MIA86LA139Accident on April 30, 1986 at Bunnell, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wing Aircraft Co. D-1 · serial 006
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