Accident · substantial damage
Apr 19, 2008 · Berclair, TXLoss of control for undetermined reasons.
- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Report
- DFW08LA105
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for DFW08LA105)
N944702007 Blevens Gary VORTEX
DeregisteredUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 20, 2026
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Jan 24, 2018.
Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Apr 2008)No ADs since 1998 matched
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Mathis, TX
- Certificate issued
- Jan 22, 2007
- Canceled
- Jan 24, 2018
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 5, 2007
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Blevens Gary
- Model
- VORTEX
- Year
- 2007
- Serial number
- 056
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 1
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Kit
- Sport Copter Inc Vortex
- Mode S code
- AD1F6A
Engine
- Make and model
- Rotax 582ser
- Type
- 2 Cycle
- Power
- 65 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2007 – 2018Individual ownerMathis, TX
- Date unknownIndividual ownerdifferent airframe: Douglas C-47 S/N 4349745
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (1)
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026