# N9742: 1969 Gateley BENSEN B8M, registration cancelled 2013-05-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 29, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Gateley BENSEN B8M](https://openairdocs.org/model/gateley-bensen-b8m) (registry code 13007GX)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 1
- Year built: 1969
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: March 7, 1980
- Certificate issued: October 3, 1975
- Last registry action: June 16, 2009
- Mode S code: AD951F
- Owner when cancelled: [Floyd Brown Enterprises Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLOYD%20BROWN%20ENTERPRISES%20INC)
- Location: [Green Cove Springs, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Green%20Cove%20Springs)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.9255° N, 81.7217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 32043, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9742
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9742
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9742-2013-05-29

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 Gateley BENSEN B8M: https://openairdocs.org/model/gateley-bensen-b8m.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 MIA75FLA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLA22), Nov 10, 1974: Bensen B8M (N9742), St Augustine, FL, substantial damage

## Other aircraft with N9742

- [Cancelled 1929-08-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9742-1929-08-23): Curtiss Wright CW-4 CABIN MONOPLANE, S/N 2C. Owner: [Curtiss Wright Aero Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CURTISS%20WRIGHT%20AERO%20CORP)

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