Van Kalker John E RAF 2000 GTX SE
N25VK is a Van Kalker John E RAF 2000 GTX SE, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1999. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Illiana Aero LLC, an LLC in Vincennes, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 24, 2007 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 26, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Van Kalker John E
- Model
- RAF 2000 GTX SE
- Serial number
- 251
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1999
- Kit
- ROTARY AIR FORCE MARKETING RAF 2000 GTX SE
- Transponder code
- A2570A (octal 50453412)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 24, 2007
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 26, 2000
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00005792
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Illiana Aero LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 10000 S Horrall Rd
Vincennes, IN 47591
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N25VK, 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 Illiana Aero LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 24, 2007, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 26, 2000, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 251 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N25VK 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 N25VK: Accident on July 6, 2011 at Decker, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Van Kalker John E RAF 2000 GTX SE · operated under 091
The improper landing flare, which resulted in the gyroplane's main rotor contacting the runway surface.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11CA454 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data