# N92744: 2001 Golden Circle Air T-BIRD II, registration cancelled 2019-02-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 26, 2019
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Golden Circle Air T-BIRD II](https://openairdocs.org/model/golden-circle-air-t-bird-ii) (registry code 059017D)
- Engine: [Rotax 582DCDI](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (registry code 55562)
- Serial number: 28434
- Year built: 2001
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, registered before 01/31/08
- Airworthiness date: September 27, 2007
- Certificate issued: August 4, 2015
- Last registry action: August 4, 2015
- Mode S code: ACDB2C
- Owner when cancelled: [Proffit Ben R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PROFFIT%20BEN%20R)
- Location: [Lenoir, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Lenoir)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.9784° N, 81.5471° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28645, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92744
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=92744
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92744-2019-02-26

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 Golden Circle Air T-BIRD II: https://openairdocs.org/model/golden-circle-air-t-bird-ii.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 ERA16LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA067), Dec 13, 2015: Golden Circle Air T Bird II (N92744), Lenoir, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and a coordinated turn in the traffic pattern, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and entering an aerodynamic stall and…

## 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 20151213019929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151213019929A), Dec 13, 2015: Golden Circle Air Inc T-BIRD II (N92744), Lenoir, NC, Destroyed. On December 13, 2015 at approximately 1724 local time, N92744 an experimental T-Bird II, took off from lower creek airport (NC27) and subsequently crashed into…

## Other aircraft with N92744

- [Cancelled 2004-08-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92744-2004-08-11): Jagodzinski Robert Edward HI MAX 1400Z, S/N 801, built 1996. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Jagodzinski Robert Edward](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JAGODZINSKI%20ROBERT%20EDWARD), [Gay, WV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WV/Gay)

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