Piston helicopter

N80198

1998 Homebuilt Sportcopter-Vortex

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1998
Serial
071
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Red Bud, IL
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Registration record

N80198 on the FAA register

Type
1998 Homebuilt Sportcopter-Vortex
Serial
071
Engines
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Red Bud, IL
Certificate issued
2025-09-15
Airworthiness date
1999-09-22
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AAE948
Mode S (octal)
52564510
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N80198.
  • 1999-09-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1998
    Manufactured (1998).
Overview

About N80198

N80198 is a 1998 Homebuilt Sportcopter-Vortex, serial number 071. It is registered to an individual in Red Bud, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 15, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 22, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N80198.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N80198.

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.