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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026John A Brewer SPORTCOPTER VORTEX M
N229MG is a John A Brewer SPORTCOPTER VORTEX M, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Beaufort, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 1, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- John A Brewer
- Model
- SPORTCOPTER VORTEX M
- Serial number
- 175
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2015
- Kit
- SPORT COPTER INC VORTEX M912
- Transponder code
- A2038A (octal 50401612)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 26, 2026
- 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, 2015
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01170556
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Verroi Timothy A
- 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
- 89 Petigru Dr
Beaufort, SC 29902-5288
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N229MG links to the rest of the register
- John A Brewer 2 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912ULS series 3,383 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Beaufort, SC 52 aircraft registered in this town
- Beaufort Executive · ARW
- South Carolina 3,111 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N229MG, 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.
Valid registration to Verroi Timothy A, an individual, certificate issued August 26, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 1, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 175 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N229MG according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N229MG: Accident on June 5, 2015 at Sikeston, MO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brewer SPORTCOPTER VOTEX M · operated under 091
The pilot inadvertently reducing engine power to the idle position while maneuvering at a low altitude.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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