Enstrom 280FX
N383MA is an Enstrom 280FX, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ruston, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 17, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom
- Model
- 280FX · all 280FXs 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 280 Shark 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
- 2048
- 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 HI0-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A46783 (octal 51063603)
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 7, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 7, 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 · November 17, 1989
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00034861
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vandenberg Herbert F
- 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
- 862 Spring Creek Rd
Ruston, LA 71270-7506
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N383MA links to the rest of the register
- Enstrom 280 Shark 65 registered
- Enstrom 215 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming HIO-360 series 390 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
- Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
- Ruston, LA 40 aircraft registered in this town
- Ruston Regional · RSN
- Louisiana 3,733 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Enstrom 280 Shark 35 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming HIO-360 series 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming HIO-360 series 26 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N383MA.json.
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The public federal record on N383MA, 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 Vandenberg Herbert F, an individual, certificate issued May 7, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2048 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N383MA 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]
3 NTSB records under N383MA: Accident on March 2, 2003 at Ruston, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 29, 2002 at Alsatia, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 23, 2000 at Springdale, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280FX · operated under 091
The separation of the upper tail cone as a result of a fractured bolt due to fatigue.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280FX · operated under 091
The main rotor contact to the tail boom resulting from the pilot leaving the helicopter unattended while the rotors were engaged.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280 FX · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight of the helicopter, and his subsequent failure to monitor his fuel supply, which resulted in a power loss due to fuel exhaustion, over unsuitable terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data