# N26083: 1977 Sims BENSEN B-8M, registration cancelled 2009-07-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 15, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Registration revoked
- Airframe: [Sims BENSEN B-8M](https://openairdocs.org/model/sims-bensen-b-8m) (registry code 13021J6)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 431-38
- Year built: 1977
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Certificate issued: September 21, 1976
- Last registry action: February 19, 1977
- Mode S code: A28289
- Owner when cancelled: [Sims Robert R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIMS%20ROBERT%20R)
- Location: [Little Rock, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Little%20Rock)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.7176° N, 92.3583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 72204, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26083
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=26083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26083-2009-07-15

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Sims BENSEN B-8M: https://openairdocs.org/model/sims-bensen-b-8m.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 FTW78FPG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPG26), Apr 23, 1978: Bensen B8-MG (N26083), Carlisle, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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