# N9985F: 1981 Shuff Davis GYROCOPTER, registration cancelled 2013-06-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 7, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Shuff Davis GYROCOPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/shuff-davis-gyrocopter) (registry code 1301551)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 1
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: April 22, 1982
- Certificate issued: July 27, 1981
- Last registry action: May 19, 2009
- Mode S code: ADF368
- Owners when cancelled: [Davis Gary W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAVIS%20GARY%20W), [Shuff Gary L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHUFF%20GARY%20L)
- Location: [Mt Vernon, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Mt%20Vernon)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 40.3632° N, 82.5016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 43050, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9985F
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9985F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9985F-2013-06-07

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 Shuff Davis GYROCOPTER: https://openairdocs.org/model/shuff-davis-gyrocopter.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 CHI83LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA001), Oct 1, 1982: Benson Gyrocopter (N9985F), Mt. Vernon, OH, destroyed

## Other aircraft with N9985F

- [Cancelled 1980-12-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9985F-1980-12-10): Boeing 707-430, S/N 18056. Exported to Guinea. Owner: [Anderson Aviation Corpc/O Philip L Brawner](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ANDERSON%20AVIATION%20CORPC%2FO%20PHILIP%20L%20BRAWNER), [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)

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