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A Enstrom F-28, the same model family as N286Q
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N286Q

Enstrom F-28A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N286Q is an Enstrom F-28A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1975. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 29, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 30, 1975.

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Aircraft

Maker
Enstrom
Model
F-28A · all F-28As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A 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 F-28 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
300
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
75 mph
Transponder code
A2E5A3 (octal 50562643)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 29, 2017
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 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 · May 30, 1975
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00750453

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pagni Peter P
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
12924 Ridgeview Dr
Anchorage, AK 99516-3106

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N286Q links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming IO-360 series 8,559 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
  • Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N286Q.json.

Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N286Q, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Pagni Peter P, an individual, certificate issued August 29, 2017, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 30, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 300 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N286Q according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N286Q. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data