# N61887: Vanek James SPORT COPTER, registration cancelled 2001-04-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 9, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Vanek James SPORT COPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/vanek-james-sport-copter) (registry code 056050W)
- Serial number: 070
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: March 5, 1998
- Last registry action: February 20, 2001
- Mode S code: A81006
- Owner when cancelled: [Vanek James A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VANEK%20JAMES%20A)
- Location: [Scappoose, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Scappoose)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 45.7996° N, 122.9689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97056, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61887
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61887
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61887-2001-04-09

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 Vanek James SPORT COPTER: https://openairdocs.org/model/vanek-james-sport-copter.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 SEA99LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA129), Jul 24, 1999: Vanek Sport Copter (N61887), Scappoose, OR, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the ultralight operator to see and avoid the landing gyroplane, and the gyroplane pilot's inability to see the departing ultralight vehicle.

## 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 19990724009441A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724009441A), Jul 24, 1999: Amtr SPORTCOPTER (N61887), Scappoose, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft collided in mid air with an unregistered ultralight, the 2 POB N61887 suffered fatal injuries and that acft was destroyed, the pilot of the ultralight…

## Other aircraft with N61887

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61887): Boeing 737-924ER, S/N 42192, built 2015
- [Cancelled 1993-10-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61887-1993-10-27): Cessna 172M, S/N 17264868. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Hodge Cleophas U](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HODGE%20CLEOPHAS%20U), [St Thomas, VI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VI/St%20Thomas)
- [Cancelled 1955-10-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61887-1955-10-25): Boeing A75N1(PT17), S/N 75-3097. Owner: [Sapp Albert A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SAPP%20ALBERT%20A), [Manistique, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Manistique)

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