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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N425RD

N425RD is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Russell W Dyer VORTEX built in 2019. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 26, 2022. The last status on file was "valid registration".

N425RD is reserved by a private party since November 26, 2022. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.

Russell W Dyer VORTEX cancelled November 26, 2022

Serial number
011
Type
Rotorcraft · Two-cycle piston
Year built
2019
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 24, 2022
Last FAA action
February 24, 2022
Last owner
Jensen William H (Co-owned)
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

NTSB accident and incident record under N425RD

WPR22FA053Accident on December 2, 2021 at Lakeport, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Russell W Dyer VORTEX · serial 011

The pilot’s loss of control for reasons that could not be determined and the delayed remedial action to recover from the power pushover event.

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