# Vanek James SPORT COPTER

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056050W
- Manufacturer (registry): VANEK JAMES
- Model: SPORT COPTER
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/vanek-james-sport-copter

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 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…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Chandler Gary E SPORT COPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/chandler-gary-e-sport-copter): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056021U
- [Nilson Lee SPORT COPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/nilson-lee-sport-copter): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056041L
- [Clark Homer B JR SPORT COPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/clark-homer-b-jr-sport-copter): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05610DU
- [Bantum Alex M SPORTCOPTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/bantum-alex-m-sportcopter): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05621KB

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