# Porlas-Ralph BENSEN

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 1300126
- Manufacturer (registry): PORLAS-RALPH
- Model: BENSEN
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/porlas-ralph-bensen

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 CHI82DA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA349), Sep 9, 1982: Bensen BM8 (N9463A), Zilwauker, MI, destroyed

## 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 19820909045479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909045479A), Sep 9, 1982: Amtrbx BENSEN8M (N9463A), Zilwaukee, MI, Destroyed. Gyrocopter crashed during emergency landing after engine failure.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Morgan Michael W BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/morgan-michael-w-bensen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05902VR
- [Zarzycki Frank JR BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/zarzycki-frank-jr-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05601JF
- [Hall Mark L BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/hall-mark-l-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615IK
- [Gregorec Ronald J BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/gregorec-ronald-j-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0561990
- [Hartzler Colon Louis BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/hartzler-colon-louis-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05621Z2
- [White Steven C BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/white-steven-c-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05624Q0
- [Kieffer Bill JR BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/kieffer-bill-jr-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05625EM
- [Arnold Robert F BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/arnold-robert-f-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05628TK
- [Robert Charles Mckenny BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/robert-charles-mckenny-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05633TW
- [Sieck BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/sieck-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 1300101
- [Kopoian BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/kopoian-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 1300112
- [Wallace BENSEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/wallace-bensen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 1300115

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