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N480EN

Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N480EN is an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480B, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2025. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Enstrom Helicopter CORP, a corporation in Menominee, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; crew training; market survey, dated May 18, 2026.

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Aircraft

Maker
Enstrom Helicopter Corp
Model
480B · all 480Bs 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 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
5259
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 · Rolls-Royc 250-C20W · 420 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A5E90A (octal 51364412)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
January 30, 2025
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and development; Crew training; Market surveyFAA certificate purpose code 156 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 18, 2026
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01487630

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Enstrom Helicopter CORP
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
2209 22Nd St
Menominee, MI 49858-3595

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 2

2001-08-20Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 · exported to Mexico · Valid registration
1994-06-03Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 · exported to United Kingdom · N-number assigned as an import, not yet registered

Connections how N480EN links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C20W 51 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
  • Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
Owner
  • Enstrom Helicopter CORP 26 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to December 8, 2026
Place

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The public federal record on N480EN, 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 Enstrom Helicopter CORP, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for research and development; crew training; market survey, dated May 18, 2026, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5259 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N480EN was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 (serial 5043, cancelled August 20, 2001); Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480 (serial 5002, cancelled June 3, 1994). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N480EN. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data