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N196GT

Denis Schoemaker GT-VX1

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota

N196GT is a Denis Schoemaker GT-VX1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2022. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Kasota, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 1, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Denis Schoemaker
Model
GT-VX1
Serial number
VX1-004
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582 CDI · 64 hp
Seats
1
Year built
2022
Transponder code
A17F1D (octal 50277435)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 28, 2021
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 1, 2022
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01334373

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schoemaker Denis D
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
31194 490Th St
Kasota, MN 56050-4304

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N196GT links to the rest of the register

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Place
  • Kasota, MN 10 aircraft registered in this town
  • Minnesota 6,933 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N196GT, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Schoemaker Denis D, an individual, certificate issued January 28, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 1, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial VX1-004 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N196GT according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N196GT. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data