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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp
- Model
- 280C · all 280Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 1141
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A67E53 (octal 51477123)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 23, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 29, 1978
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00592175
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Quality Aero LLC
- Type
- LLC
- 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.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD05LA031 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC93LA109 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