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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Wessel Marvin E Jr VORTEX
N546SW is a Wessel Marvin E Jr VORTEX, a rotorcraft with a two-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Camp Verde, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 5, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 8, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Wessel Marvin E Jr
- Model
- VORTEX
- Serial number
- MEW061
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 618 · 75 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A6EFDB (octal 51567733)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 5, 2007
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- July 12, 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 · March 8, 2007
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00302759
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wessel Marvin e JR
- 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
- 2395 N Beech Blvd
Camp Verde, AZ 86322-7572
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N546SW links to the rest of the register
- Wessel Marvin E Jr 4 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 618 39 aircraft with this engine series · 75 hp
- Camp Verde, AZ 43 aircraft registered in this town
- Arizona 8,410 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N546SW, 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 Wessel Marvin e JR, an individual, certificate issued March 5, 2007, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 8, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial MEW061 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N546SW 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 N546SW: Accident on September 1, 2007 at Mesa, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wessel Vortex · operated under 091
Failure of the muffler's mounting strap and subsequent loss of engine power due to propeller blade separation during cruise flight. A contributing factor was the unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.
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