Piston helicopter

N1479Y

2013 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2013
Serial
2139
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Monadnock Choppers LLC (LLC)
Based
North Swanzey, NH
2013 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N1479Y.
Registration record

N1479Y on the FAA register

Type
2013 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
2139
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Registered owner
Monadnock Choppers LLC
North Swanzey, NH
Certificate issued
2024-08-13
Airworthiness date
2024-10-01
Registration expires
2031-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A0C05B
Mode S (octal)
50140133
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-10-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2024-08-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N1479Y to the current registrant.
  • 2017-06-21
    N1479Y previously assigned to a Cessna 172 Skyhawk / 172/180 Conversion (s/n 17249179); cancelled.
  • 2013
    Manufactured (2013).
Overview

About N1479Y

N1479Y is a 2013 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 2139. The FAA register lists Monadnock Choppers LLC as the registrant in North Swanzey, New Hampshire. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 13, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated October 1, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1479Y. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2002-05-23 Accident · Ball Ground, GA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL02FA104
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172C — a different aircraft that carried the N1479Y registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain adequate obstacle clearance, which resulted in an inflight collision with trees.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.