# N8184: Bensen B-8, registration cancelled 2001-05-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 14, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bensen B-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-b-8) (registry code 13005ZX)
- Serial number: T0053882
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: October 7, 1998
- Last registry action: October 7, 1998
- Mode S code: AB29F8
- Owner when cancelled: [Davis Jeffrey D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAVIS%20JEFFREY%20D)
- Location: [Watertown, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Watertown)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.9690° N, 75.9105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 13601, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8184
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8184
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8184-2001-05-14

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 Bensen B-8: https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-b-8.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 NYC01LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA108), Apr 27, 2001: Bensen Gyroplane (N8184), Watertown, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in rotary wing aircraft.

## 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 20010427016839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010427016839A), Apr 27, 2001: N8184, Watertown, NY, No damage. (-23) Pilot had been taxiing aircraft up and down a ten acre field "getting the feel of it". Pilot attained an altitude of approximately 4 feet and started a…

## Other aircraft with N8184

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8184): Turner Russell AIRDROME SOPWITH BAB, S/N N8184, built 2012

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