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N1025Y

N1025Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Waters Clyde VORTEX built in 1997. The FAA cancelled the registration on December 16, 2004. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.

N1025Y is reserved by MD Helicopters INC since March 30, 2007. Reservation type: Reserved to manufacturer, temporary number.

Waters Clyde VORTEX cancelled December 16, 2004

Serial number
022
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1997
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 7, 2003
Last FAA action
October 7, 2003
Last owner
Rheinhardt Wayne (Individual)
Mount Vernon, IN
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

Cessna 208B cancelled April 1, 1993

Serial number
208B0318
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Turboprop
Year built
—
Last status
Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
Exported to
Brazil
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
October 23, 1992
Last owner
Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N1025Y

CHI98LA176Accident on May 27, 1998 at Monroe, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waters VORTEX · serial 022

the pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM. A factor associated with the accident was the soft terrain on which the gyrocopter touched down.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site