Enstrom F-28F
N86238 is an Enstrom F-28F, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1985. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Elgin, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 18, 2014 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 25, 1985.
Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 11:32 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom
- Model
- F-28F · all F-28Fs 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 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
- 737
- 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
- 1985
- Transponder code
- ABD927 (octal 52754447)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 18, 2014
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 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 · April 25, 1985
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00071675
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Crawford Thomas P
- 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
- 11N415 Stonecrest Ct
Elgin, IL 60124-8160
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
Connections how N86238 links to the rest of the register
- Enstrom F-28 147 registered
- Enstrom 215 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming HIO-360 series 390 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
- Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
- Elgin, IL 38 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Enstrom F-28 40 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Enstrom F-28 58 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Enstrom F-28 24 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming HIO-360 series 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming HIO-360 series 26 reports since 1995
- Where N86238 is now · Last seen October 17 at 11:32 am.
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The public federal record on N86238, 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 Crawford Thomas P, an individual, certificate issued August 18, 2014, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 25, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 737 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N86238 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 11AC (serial 11AC-42, cancelled May 21, 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]
2 NTSB records under N86238: Accident on April 5, 2003 at Monroe, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 14, 1998 at West Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom F-28F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom F28 · operated under 091
the student pilot attempting a tailwind landing and improper compensation for the wind resulting in too high of a sink rate and the hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data