Enstrom F-28C
N51774 is an Enstrom F-28C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Danbury, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 2, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 23, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom
- Model
- F-28C · all F-28Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 440
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A67EDA (octal 51477332)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 2, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 2, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 23, 1978
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00472185
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Salaika Timothy A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 757
Danbury, TX 77534-0757
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N51774, 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 Salaika Timothy A, an individual, certificate issued January 2, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. 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 440 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N51774 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing A75N1 (serial 4393, cancelled November 29, 1948). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N51774: Accident on January 30, 1997 at Lake Jackson, TX: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on April 8, 1989 at Padre Island, TX: 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 F-28C · operated under 091
The failure of the #2 cylinder for an undetermined reason which resulted in an exhaust leak that melted an oil line.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA094 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom F28C · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITION. THE ADVERSE WEATHER WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW89LA079 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data