# N87917: 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 15, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=87917
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87917

## Aircraft that carried N87917

- [Cancelled 2013-05-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87917-2013-05-15): Becker BENSEN B8M, S/N 283-40-3647, built 1976. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Becker Lawrence D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BECKER%20LAWRENCE%20D), [Anacortes, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Anacortes)

## NTSB investigations on N87917 (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 SEA90LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA067), Apr 12, 1990: Becker Bensen B8M (N87917), Burlington, WA, no damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE PROPELLER.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N87917 (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 19900412056569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900412056569A), Apr 12, 1990: Amtrbx BENSENB8M (N87917), Burlington/Mt V, WA. Got out of gyroplane, engine idling, to turn craft into wind. Idling prop struck pilots arm reaching to chock wheel

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