# N2553: Hummel Bensen GYROCOPTER, registration cancelled 1970-09-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 3, 1970
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Hummel Bensen GYROCOPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/hummel-bensen-gyrocopter) (registry code 13006YT)
- Serial number: 9022-1
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: January 27, 1969
- Mode S code: A26CD2
- Owner when cancelled: [Hummel Jack](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUMMEL%20JACK)
- Location: [Phoenix, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Phoenix)
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2553
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2553
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2553-1970-09-03

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Hummel Bensen GYROCOPTER: https://openairdocs.org/model/hummel-bensen-gyrocopter.md

## NTSB investigations (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 LAX69F0293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0293), Mar 2, 1969: Bensen B-8M (N2553), Litchfld Pk, AZ, destroyed

## Other aircraft with N2553

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2553-undated): Alexander EAGLEROCK A-1, S/N UNKNOWN, built 1927

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