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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N163SW

John S Wolfe VORTEX M912

Valid Ohio

N163SW is a John S Wolfe VORTEX M912, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Marysville, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 30, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
John S Wolfe
Model
VORTEX M912
Serial number
194
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Kit
SPORT COPTER INC VORTEX M912
Transponder code
A0FE78 (octal 50177170)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 30, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01266800

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wolfe John S
Type
Individual
Address
10211 Watkins Rd
Marysville, OH 43040-9542

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

—Swearingen SA226TC · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data