Piston helicopter

N18WC

2000 Homebuilt Kompress

Not current (FAA status 7) No accidents on file
Built
2000
Serial
38
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Rotax 914 series
Status
Not current (FAA status 7)
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Sigmaringen, DE
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Registration record

N18WC on the FAA register

Type
2000 Homebuilt Kompress
Serial
38
Engines
Rotax 914 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Sigmaringen, DE
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
2012-04-12
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A1404A
Mode S (octal)
50240112
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Heli Sport KOMPRESS
Status
Not current (FAA status 7)
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2012-04-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2000
    Manufactured (2000).
  • 1997-01-17
    N18WC previously assigned to a Homebuilt Rotorway Exec (s/n WPC001); cancelled.
Overview

About N18WC

N18WC is a 2000 Homebuilt Kompress, serial number 38. It is registered to an individual in Sigmaringen.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Rotax 914 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated April 12, 2012.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N18WC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-10-13 Accident · Mather, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX97LA014
Reported aircraft: Cunningham Rotorway Exec — a different aircraft that carried the N18WC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: excessive maneuvering by the pilot, which allowed the main rotor blades to contact and sever the tail rotor system and allowed mast bumping to occur.

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.