Piston helicopter

N1197Y

Homebuilt Rotorway Exec 162F

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
6116
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Ellensburg, WA
Registration record

N1197Y on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt Rotorway Exec 162F
Serial
6116
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Ellensburg, WA
Certificate issued
2020-01-29
Airworthiness date
1999-01-15
Registration expires
2027-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A05106
Mode S (octal)
50050406
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-01-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N1197Y to the current registrant.
  • 1999-01-15
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1993-08-27
    N1197Y previously assigned to a Grumman/American General AG5B Tiger (s/n 10149); cancelled.
Overview

About N1197Y

N1197Y is a Homebuilt Rotorway Exec 162F, serial number 6116. It is registered to an individual in Ellensburg, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 29, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated January 15, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1197Y. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-04-25 Accident · Cleveland Tenn, 42 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1025
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N1197Y registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.