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N688BA

Frank R Gerwat BENSON GYROCOPTER

N688BA is a Frank R Gerwat BENSON GYROCOPTER, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1985. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Costa Mesa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2020 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated December 5, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Frank R Gerwat
Model
BENSON GYROCOPTER
Serial number
FG85B64532
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Mcculloch 4318 SERIES · 72 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1985
Transponder code
A92109 (octal 52220411)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 25, 2020
Expires
March 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · December 5, 2017
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01235386

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sheldon Ranall W
Type
Individual
Address
175B Paularino Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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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