Piston helicopter

N977ST

2013 Homebuilt Sport Copter Vortex

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2013
Serial
146
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Meadow Grove, NE
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Registration record

N977ST on the FAA register

Type
2013 Homebuilt Sport Copter Vortex
Serial
146
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Meadow Grove, NE
Certificate issued
2026-08-19
Airworthiness date
2013-08-29
Registration expires
2033-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AD9F48
Mode S (octal)
53317510
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Sport Copter Inc VORTEX M912
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-08-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N977ST to the current registrant.
  • 2013-08-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1994-03-16
    N977ST previously assigned to a Homebuilt Long-Ez (s/n 100ST); cancelled.
Overview

About N977ST

N977ST is a 2013 Homebuilt Sport Copter Vortex, serial number 146. It is registered to an individual in Meadow Grove, Nebraska. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 19, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Rotax 912ULS series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated August 29, 2013.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N977ST. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-06-20 Accident · Lone Pine, CA Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · LAX93LA263
Reported aircraft: Sill/Thomas Long EZ — a different aircraft that carried the N977ST registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the failure of the number four cylinder exhaust valve due to excessive heat exposure and lack of maintenance.

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.