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N80198

Hines Lyle R SPORTCOPTER-VORTEX

Valid Illinois

N80198 is a Hines Lyle R SPORTCOPTER-VORTEX, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Red Bud, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 22, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Hines Lyle R
Model
SPORTCOPTER-VORTEX
Serial number
071
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
AAE948 (octal 52564510)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 15, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 15, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 22, 1999
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00153686

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Krause Dave A
Type
Individual
Address
529 N Main St
Red Bud, IL 62278-1079

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Documents on file 0

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

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