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A Enstrom F-28, the same model family as N51774
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N51774

Enstrom F-28C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

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.

Where is it now Last seen October 9 at 10:38 am.

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Aircraft

Maker
Enstrom
Model
F-28C · all F-28Cs 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 F-28 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
440
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
Cruising speed
75 mph
Transponder code
A67EDA (octal 51477332)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 2, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 2, 2024
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 · October 23, 1978
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00472185

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Salaika Timothy A
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
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

1948-11-29Boeing A75N1 · Valid registration

Connections how N51774 links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
  • Danbury, TX 15 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N51774.json.

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Salaika Timothy A, an individual, certificate issued January 2, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 440 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

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]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

FTW97LA094Accident on January 30, 1997 at Lake Jackson, TX: no injuries, destroyed.

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.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

FTW89LA079Accident on April 8, 1989 at Padre Island, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

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.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data