Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C
N5693R is an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Willits, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 4, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 9, 1980.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp
- Model
- 280C · all 280Cs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA 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 Helicopter Corp 280 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
- 1194
- 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
- Transponder code
- A74B2A (octal 51645452)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 4, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 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 · June 9, 1980
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00640436
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Waters Willie Frank JR
- 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
- 26581 Ridge Rd
Willits, CA 95490-9091
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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
Connections how N5693R links to the rest of the register
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 63 registered
- Enstrom Helicopter Corp 142 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
- Willits, CA 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Ells Fld/Willits Municipal · O28
- California 28,134 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 36 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 20 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N5693R, 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 Waters Willie Frank JR, an individual, certificate issued March 4, 2024, expires March 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 1194 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5693R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172F (serial 17253338, cancelled July 28, 1965). 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 N5693R: Accident on July 7, 1982 at Steamboat Sprin, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280C · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data