# N43259: Stuart Donald L VORTEX, registration cancelled 2018-02-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 14, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Stuart Donald L VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/stuart-donald-l-vortex) (registry code 056182I)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 058
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Kit: Sport Copter Inc VORTEX
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: May 6, 2005
- Certificate issued: August 20, 2010
- Last registry action: June 14, 2012
- Mode S code: A52DB5
- Owner when cancelled: [Lafayette James R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAFAYETTE%20JAMES%20R)
- Location: [Kalama, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Kalama)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 46.1117° N, 122.5696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98625, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43259
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=43259
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43259-2018-02-14

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Stuart Donald L VORTEX: https://openairdocs.org/model/stuart-donald-l-vortex.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR13FA393](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA393), Aug 31, 2013: Stuart Vortex (N43259), Scappoose, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's unintentional takeoff followed by his failure to maintain control of the gyroplane during the landing approach. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s lack of both…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20130831017349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130831017349A), Aug 31, 2013: Stuart Donald L VORTEX (N43259), Scappoose, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot had no solo time or solo flight endorsements in any aircraft. All times listed are dual flight instruction hours from his logbook. Student certificate #…

## Other aircraft with N43259

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43259): Piper PA-28R-200, S/N 28R-7435258

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