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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480
N142CC is an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1997. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Machinery Service CO INC, a corporation in Wiscasset, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 10, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp
- Model
- 480 · all 480s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A welded steel-tube frame under aluminium and fibreglass skins. This is how the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 5025
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A0AA53 (octal 50125123)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 27, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 10, 1997
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00096811
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Machinery Service CO INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 166 W Alna Rd
Wiscasset, ME 04578-4092
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N142CC links to the rest of the register
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 73 registered
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp 142 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250 series 446 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
- Machinery Service CO INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wiscasset, ME 6 aircraft registered in this town
- Wiscasset Airport · IWI
- Maine 1,426 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 3 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 14 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N142CC, 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 Machinery Service CO INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 27, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 10, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5025 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N142CC 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 N142CC: Accident on September 16, 1998 at Green Bay, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 480 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm during a practice autorotation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data