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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480
N480FX is an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 480, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1998. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Mansfield Heliflight INC, a corporation in Milton, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2012 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 4, 1998.
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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
- 5028
- 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 250HP · 250 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A5E92C (octal 51364454)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 2012
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · March 4, 1998
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00986921
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mansfield Heliflight 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
- 159 Catamount Dr
Milton, VT 05468-3284
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N480FX 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
- Mansfield Heliflight INC 23 aircraft in the fleet
- Milton, VT 37 aircraft registered in this town
- Vermont 676 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 N480FX, 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 Mansfield Heliflight INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 22, 2012, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 4, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5028 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N480FX 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 N480FX: Accident on August 5, 2005 at Goshen, IN: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 480 · operated under 091
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data