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N81219

Fields Ralph BENSEN B8M

Valid Indiana

N81219 is a Fields Ralph BENSEN B8M, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Marion, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 17, 1994 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 19, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Fields Ralph
Model
BENSEN B8M
Serial number
777RF
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1992
Transponder code
AB1367 (octal 52611547)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 17, 1994
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · June 19, 1992
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00504481

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Purdy Dwight E
Type
Individual
Address
180 S 500 W
Marion, IN 46953

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

1979-11-20Piper PA-28-181 · exported to Germany · Valid registration
1970-06-30Fairchild 24W-46 · Valid registration

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