# Gillespie Gregory S SPORT COPTER VORTEX

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05615EG
- Manufacturer (registry): GILLESPIE GREGORY S
- Model: SPORT COPTER VORTEX
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/gillespie-gregory-s-sport-copter-vortex

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 LAX04LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA132), Feb 21, 2004: Gillespie Sport Copter Vortex (N96XV), Yuba City, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to the incorrect installation of the fuel line, which resulted in fuel starvation, and the pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM, which resulted in an inflight loss of…

## 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 20040221001679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040221001679A), Feb 21, 2004: Amtr SPORTCOPTER (N96XV), Marysville, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Gyro copter N96XV was flying downwind, 1 mile south of myv, about 50 feet above AGL heading north. A witness heard the engine sputtering and saw the…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Austin Jeffrey L SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/austin-jeffrey-l-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056068J
- [Hines Lyle R SPORTCOPTER-VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/hines-lyle-r-sportcopter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606LZ
- [Johnson Basil SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-basil-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056078Y
- [Steiner Brock SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/steiner-brock-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05615E7
- [Fox Jeff W SPORTCOPTER/VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/fox-jeff-w-sportcopter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05617MQ
- [Matson Randy SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/matson-randy-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05617PU
- [Wildey Dwane SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/wildey-dwane-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05619DF
- [Greg J Gunther SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/greg-j-gunther-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056306P
- [Gillan Bradley SPORTCOPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/gillan-bradley-sportcopter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056315P
- [James D Ferrell SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/james-d-ferrell-sport-copter-vortex): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05632ZR
- [Vanek Jim SPORT COPTER VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/vanek-jim-sport-copter-vortex): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056041M
- [Waters Clyde Edward SPORT COPTER-VORTEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/waters-clyde-edward-sport-copter-vortex): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056042A

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