Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C
N51739 is an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Quality Aero LLC, an LLC in East Aurora, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 29, 1978.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp
- Model
- 280C · all 280Cs 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 280 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
- 1141
- 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
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A67E53 (octal 51477123)
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 23, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2025
- 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 · June 29, 1978
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00592175
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Quality Aero LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 13262 Schang Rd
East Aurora, NY 14052-9516
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N51739 links to the rest of the register
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 63 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
- Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
- Quality Aero LLC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- East Aurora, NY 43 aircraft registered in this town
- New York 6,659 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 36 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 20 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N51739, 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 Quality Aero LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 23, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. 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 1141 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N51739 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]
2 NTSB records under N51739: Accident on November 14, 2004 at Galloo Island, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 9, 1993 at Glen Mills, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280C · operated under 091
A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the pilot's improper decision to operate the helicopter outside the height velocity curve.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280C · operated under 091
AN IMPROPERLY PLANNED APPROACH IN WHICH THE FLARE WAS NOT ATTAINED, AND WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data