Enstrom F-28A
N9573 is an Enstrom F-28A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pendleton, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Enstrom
- Model
- F-28A · all F-28As 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
- 131
- 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 I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- AD5169 (octal 53250551)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 2015
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 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
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00367138
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Styer David B
- 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
- 4906 NW A Ave
Pendleton, OR 97801-4632
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9573 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 IO-360 series 8,559 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Type certificate H1CE · held by Enstrom Helicopter CORP the
- Pendleton, OR 117 aircraft registered in this town
- Eastern Oregon Regional AT Pendleton · PDT
- Oregon 7,012 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 IO-360 series 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360 series 39 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N9573, 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 Styer David B, an individual, certificate issued May 5, 2015, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 131 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9573 according to the deregistered file. [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 N9573: Accident on August 23, 2004 at Leroy, MN: serious 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 F-28A · operated under 091
The partial loss of engine power due to the missing 1/8-27 NPT Allen plug as a result of other maintenance personnel undertorquing the plug. Additionally, the pilot improperly excecuted a run on landing. A factor was the loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data