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N77XL

Novotny BENSEN B-8M

Valid Minnesota

N77XL is a Novotny BENSEN B-8M, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1974. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hinckley, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 30, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Novotny
Model
BENSEN B-8M
Serial number
1212
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Volkswagen CONVERSION · 36 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
45 mph
Transponder code
AA68C6 (octal 52464306)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 29, 2016
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 30, 1978
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00573457

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcguinn James J
Type
Individual
Address
Old Government Road
32902 County Road #15
Hinckley, MN 55037

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