Enstrom F-28C
N51789 is an Enstrom F-28C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lewes, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 13, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 19, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom
- Model
- F-28C · all F-28Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 454-2
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A67F02 (octal 51477402)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 13, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 19, 1978
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00242195
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Breyer Charles A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 19128 Chartres St
Lewes, DE 19958-4413
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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 · 3 clear
The public federal record on N51789, 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 Breyer Charles A, an individual, certificate issued August 13, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 19, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 454-2 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N51789 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T42-1568, cancelled February 16, 1954). 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]
1 NTSB record under N51789: Accident on September 8, 2021 at Toughkenamon, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom F28 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during an out-of-ground effect hover in a gusty wind, due to loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA357 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