{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-01-23","airworthiness_ops":"Registered before Jan 31, 2008","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-03-13","city":"LIBERTY TWP","country_code":"US","county_code":"017","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"59050","engine_horsepower":400,"engine_maker":"SUBARU","engine_model":"ALL MDLS A/B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"gyroplanes","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-21","maker":"Mitchell Ronald C","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MITCHELL RONALD C","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"059032F","mode_s_code":"50304074","mode_s_hex":"A1883C","model":"BENSON GYRO","n_number":"N1980A","name":"MULLEN GARY J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Daytona Beach","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-03-22","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA03LA080","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper preflight planning/decision to perform a second flight with known deficiencies in equipment, and his failure to maintain airspeed above the airplane's stall speed while maneuvering to reverse direction to land, after the engine subsequently ceased to operate, which resulted in a stall/mush, an inflight lost of control, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with a ditch.","registration":"N1980A","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on March 22, 2003 at Daytona Beach, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1980A is a Mitchell Ronald C BENSON GYRO, a gyroplane with a four-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Liberty Twp, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated January 23, 2008.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mullen Gary J, an individual, certificate issued March 13, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated January 23, 2008, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial MRB 01207 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N1980A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Ditommaso-Kaminski GREAT LAKES 2T-1A (serial 7123D-501, cancelled March 2, 2004); Piper PA-18A (serial 18-1803, cancelled September 24, 1954). 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":"1 NTSB record under N1980A: Accident on March 22, 2003 at Daytona Beach, FL: serious 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"MRB 01207","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5155 GRANDIN RIDGE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Gyroplane","type_aircraft_code":"9","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00414849","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1980A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"450118312"}