{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-01-05","city":"RIFLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"045","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gyroplanes","kit_mfr":"MAGNI GYRO SRL","kit_model":"M26 VICTOR","last_action_date":"2026-01-05","maker":"Michael R Duehrssen","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MICHAEL R DUEHRSSEN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05643KR","mode_s_code":"50170215","mode_s_hex":"A0F08D","model":"M26 VICTOR","n_number":"N16NM","name":"DUEHRSSEN MICHAEL R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Aztec","damage":"DEST","date":"2013-05-18","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN13LA299","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s loss of airplane control during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident fire damage precluded a complete examination of the airplane.","registration":"N16NM","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on May 18, 2013 at Aztec, NM: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CLOVIS","damage":"","date":"1999-01-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN99IA033","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N16NM","state":"NM","summary":"Incident on January 18, 1999 at Clovis, NM: no injuries.","type":"INC"},{"city":"ALBUQUERQUE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-08-31","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW97LA334","probable_cause":"Fatigue failure of the right main landing gear retraction/extension torque tube.","registration":"N16NM","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on August 31, 1997 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Duehrssen Michael R, an individual, certificate issued January 5, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 26255956 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"26255956","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1020 COUNTY ROAD 294","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Gyroplane","type_aircraft_code":"9","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01528203","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N16NM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"816509322"}