{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1989-11-17","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-05-07","city":"RUSTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"061","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41553","engine_horsepower":205,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"HI0-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-07","maker":"Enstrom","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ENSTROM","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3300506","mode_s_code":"51063603","mode_s_hex":"A46783","model":"280FX","n_number":"N383MA","name":"VANDENBERG HERBERT F","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Ruston","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-03-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW03LA102","probable_cause":"The separation of the upper tail cone as a result of a fractured bolt due to fatigue.","registration":"N383MA","state":"LA","summary":"Accident on March 2, 2003 at Ruston, LA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Alsatia","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-04-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW02LA138","probable_cause":"The main rotor contact to the tail boom resulting from the pilot leaving the helicopter unattended while the rotors were engaged.","registration":"N383MA","state":"LA","summary":"Accident on April 29, 2002 at Alsatia, LA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SPRINGDALE","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-06-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC00LA174","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate preflight of the helicopter, and his subsequent failure to monitor his fuel supply, which resulted in a power loss due to fuel exhaustion, over unsuitable terrain.","registration":"N383MA","state":"OH","summary":"Accident on June 23, 2000 at Springdale, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N383MA is an Enstrom 280FX, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ruston, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 17, 1989.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Vandenberg Herbert F, an individual, certificate issued May 7, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2048 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N383MA according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"3 NTSB records under N383MA: Accident on March 2, 2003 at Ruston, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 29, 2002 at Alsatia, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 23, 2000 at Springdale, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":3,"serial_number":"2048","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"862 SPRING CREEK RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00034861","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N383MA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"712707506"}