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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom
- Model
- 280FX · all 280FXs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2048
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HI0-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A46783 (octal 51063603)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 7, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 17, 1989
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00034861
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vandenberg Herbert F
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 862 Spring Creek Rd
Ruston, LA 71270-7506
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW03LA102 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW02LA138 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC00LA174 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data