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N4938

Bensen B-8M

Valid Minnesota

N4938 is a Bensen B-8M, a gyroplane with a two-stroke engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hawley, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 1973 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built.

Aircraft

Maker
Bensen
Model
B-8M
Serial number
1
Type
Gyroplane
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100 · 72 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
45 mph
Transponder code
A61EAD (octal 51417255)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 26, 1973
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00760615

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Johnston Stephen P
Type
Individual
Address
27107 12Th Ave S
Hawley, MN 56549-9139

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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