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A Enstrom F-28, the same model family as N51778
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N51778

Enstrom F-28C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArkansas

N51778 is an Enstrom F-28C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Medical Evacuation Disaster Intervention Corps, a corporation in Springdale, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 8, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 13, 1978.

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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
451-2
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 · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
75 mph
Transponder code
A67EDE (octal 51477336)

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 8, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2030
Last FAA action
June 8, 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 · September 13, 1978
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00432185

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Medical Evacuation Disaster Intervention Corps
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
2871 Chapman Ave
Springdale, AR 72762-6003

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

1949-01-11Fairchild M-62A · Valid registration

Connections how N51778 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming HIO-360 series 390 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
  • Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N51778, 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 Medical Evacuation Disaster Intervention Corps, a corporation, certificate issued June 8, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. 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 451-2 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N51778 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T43-7330, cancelled January 11, 1949). 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

1 NTSB record under N51778: Accident on June 14, 2015 at Romeoville, IL: 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

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NTSB records 1

CEN15CA274Accident on June 14, 2015 at Romeoville, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom F 28C · operated under 091

The certified flight instructor (CFI) did not maintain directional control during a downwind emergency running landing to soft muddy terrain, which resulted in a dynamic rollover. Contributing to the accident was the CFI's delayed or insufficient remedial action when the pilot receiving instruction did not control the rotor RPM during hovering flight.

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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