N5691B is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C built in 1979. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 30, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C cancelled June 30, 2017
- Serial number
- 1180
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1979
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 17, 2005
- Last FAA action
- February 17, 2009
- Last owner
- Marpat Aviation LLC (Corporation)
Switzer, WV - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 182 cancelled May 25, 1965
- Serial number
- 33691
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 6, 1956
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Scovil W H/Scovil Jean A (Co-owned)
Salinas, CA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5691B
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280C · serial 1180
A partial failure of the override clutch assembly. A contributing factor to the accident was the manufacturer's inadequate inspection procedures of the override clutch assembly following a tail rotor strike.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280C · serial 1180
The pilot's inadequate remedial action following a loss of control during the landing approach.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site