# N61H: 1967 Higgins Gyro-Copter H-3, registration cancelled 2013-04-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 26, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Higgins Gyro-Copter H-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/higgins-gyro-copter-h-3) (registry code 05602R6)
- Engine: [Mercury MK78/75/](https://openairdocs.org/engine/mercury-mk78-75) (registry code 43801)
- Serial number: H103
- Year built: 1967
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: May 13, 1976
- Certificate issued: October 25, 1980
- Last registry action: July 17, 2007
- Mode S code: A7ED14
- Owner when cancelled: [Mickelson Jess T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MICKELSON%20JESS%20T)
- Location: [Missoula, MT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MT/Missoula)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 46.8547° N, 114.0104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 59801, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61H
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61H
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61H-2013-04-26

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Higgins Gyro-Copter H-3: https://openairdocs.org/model/higgins-gyro-copter-h-3.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 FTW69D0503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69D0503), May 4, 1969: Higgins H-3 (N61H), Chattanooga, OK, destroyed

## Other aircraft with N61H

- [Cancelled 1939-10-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61H-1939-10-01): Curtiss-Robertson ROBIN C-1, S/N 496. Owner: [Mudd Jack E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MUDD%20JACK%20E)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61H-undated): Bell 47, S/N 994  (51-14219)

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