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N2980

Morgan Barney B BENSEN B-8M

Valid Alabama

N2980 is a Morgan Barney B BENSEN B-8M, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1980. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Valley Grande, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 7, 1981 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 28, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Morgan Barney B
Model
BENSEN B-8M
Serial number
8450
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100 · 72 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A3158A (octal 50612612)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 7, 1981
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · May 28, 1980
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00090883

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Morgan Barney B
Type
Individual
Address
2067 Persimmon Tree Rd
Valley Grande, AL 36701-3105

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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 1

1930-01-10Curtiss JN4D · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data