{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2013-08-29","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-19","city":"MEADOW GROVE","country_code":"US","county_code":"119","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55572","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"SPORT COPTER INC","kit_model":"VORTEX M912","last_action_date":"2026-08-19","maker":"Greg J Gunther","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GREG J GUNTHER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056306P","mode_s_code":"53317510","mode_s_hex":"AD9F48","model":"SPORT COPTER VORTEX","n_number":"N977ST","name":"SMITH JOSEPH MICHAEL","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N977ST is a Greg J Gunther SPORT COPTER VORTEX, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2013. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Meadow Grove, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 29, 2013.","region":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"146","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"54125 834 RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01074836","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N977ST","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2013,"zip":"687524067"}