N1980A
Mitchell Ronald C BENSON GYRO · built 2007
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 2, 2004.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2007 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N1980A.
- March 22, 2003Accident
The pilot's improper preflight planning/decision to perform a second flight with known deficiencies in equipment, and his failure to maintain airspeed above the airplane's stall speed while maneuvering to reverse direction to land, after the engine subsequently ceased to operate, which resulted in a stall/mush, an inflight lost of control, an uncontrolled… Full accident record