# N508M: 1963 Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 17 BIS, registration cancelled 2018-01-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 23, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 17 BIS](https://openairdocs.org/model/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-17-bis) (registry code 05604BE)
- Engine: [Klimov VK-1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/klimov-vk-1a) (registry code 37600)
- Serial number: 1J0508
- Year built: 1963
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: December 5, 2001
- Certificate issued: February 1, 2001
- Last registry action: March 14, 2007
- Mode S code: A658BB
- Owner when cancelled: [G Max Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/G%20MAX%20INC)
- Location: [Louisville, KY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KY/Louisville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.2676° N, 85.4462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 40245, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N508M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=508M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508M-2018-01-23

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 17 BIS: https://openairdocs.org/model/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-17-bis.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 DEN04LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA055), Mar 25, 2004: Mikoyan MiG Mig-17 (N508M), Truth or Conseq, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons resulting in impact with desert terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20040325004439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040325004439A), Mar 25, 2004: Amtr MIG17BIS (N508M), Trthconsequence, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On March 25, 2004, at 1428 MST, a mikoyan gurevich (mig) 17, N508M, registered to g max, incorporated, impacted the ground after the pilot had declared…

## Other aircraft with N508M

- [Cancelled 1936-05-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508M-1936-05-15): Nicholas Beazley NB-3, S/N 37, built 1929. Owner: [Schaefer Phil G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCHAEFER%20PHIL%20G), [Iowa City, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Iowa%20City)

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