# N481KB: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: February 17, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=481KB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N481KB

## Aircraft that carried N481KB

- [Cancelled 2017-02-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N481KB-2017-02-17): Becker Kenneth A BECKER 2000, S/N H2-98-9-390, built 2000. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Becker Kenneth A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BECKER%20KENNETH%20A), [Gladwin, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Gladwin)

## NTSB investigations on N481KB (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA163), Jul 4, 2005: Becker RAF 2000 (N481KB), Gladwin, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the gyrocopter while in the traffic pattern. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's lack of gyrocopter experience.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N481KB (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20050704034079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704034079A), Jul 4, 2005: Becker BECKER2000 (N481KB), Gladwin, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Upon turning downwind aircraft nosed down then up, then one rotor blade bent upwards and aircraft dove down towards the ground, bouncing once and coming…

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