# N8701M: 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: May 1, 2023
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8701M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8701M

## Aircraft that carried N8701M

- [Cancelled 2023-05-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8701M-2023-05-01): Beech 23, S/N M-485, built 1963. Owner: [Hartman Robert J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HARTMAN%20ROBERT%20J), [Anson, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Anson)

## NTSB investigations on N8701M (3)

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 CEN22LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA040), Nov 15, 2021: Beech 23 (N8701M), Abilene, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the missing placard showing the usable fuel…
- [NTSB MKC74DER15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER15), Sep 18, 1973: Beech 23 (N8701M), Lake Elmo, MN, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC66F0157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0157), Jul 8, 1965: Beechcraft 23 (N8701M), Litchfield, MN, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8701M (2)

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 20211115019569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211115019569A), Nov 15, 2021: Beech 23 (N8701M), Abilene, TX, Substantial damage. On November 15, 2021, at 1200 CST, a Beech musketeer aircraft bearing registration number N8701M, registered to an individual impacted terrain after failing to…
- [Accident 19730918035942A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918035942A), Sep 18, 1973: Beech 23BEECH (N8701M), Lake Elmo, MN, Substantial damage. Plt performing run-up parked in front of Bellanca performing bfr tkof ck. Stabilator and wing dmgd.

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