Piston helicopter

N280MG

1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered 2 NTSB/FAA records
Built
1978
Serial
1135
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
M&M Charter LLC (LLC)
Based
Mountville, PA
1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N280MG.
Registration record

N280MG on the FAA register

Type
1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
1135
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD
Registered owner
M&M Charter LLC
Mountville, PA
Certificate issued
2016-11-22
Airworthiness date
2017-04-04
Registration expires
2029-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A2CF15
Mode S (octal)
50547425
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-28
    Accident at Hammonton, NJ; damage: destroyed.
  • 2017-04-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2016-11-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N280MG to the current registrant.
  • 2003-03-20
    N280MG previously assigned to a Homebuilt Safari Rotorcraft (s/n BB2084); cancelled.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N280MG

N280MG is a 1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 1135. The FAA register lists M&M Charter LLC as the registrant in Mountville, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 22, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 4, 2017.

N280MG has 2 accident/incident records on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2025-12-28 Accident · Hammonton, NJ Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ERA26FA077A
Reported aircraft: Enstrom 280
2025-12-28 Accident · Hammonton, NJ Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB (Ongoing) · ERA26FA077
Reported aircraft: Enstrom 280
Preliminary report: On December 28, 2025, at 1124 eastern standard time, an Enstrom F-28A helicopter, N520H, and an Enstrom 280C helicopter, N280MG, collided in midair near Hammonton, New Jersey. The private pilots onboard each of the helicopters were fatally injured. Both helicopters were being operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flights. According to preliminary ADS-B data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration, both helicopters had departed from Vineland-Downstown Airport (28N), Vineland, New Jersey at about 0948 and flew parallel paths to Hammonton Municipal Airport (N81), Hammonton, New Jersey, arriving about 0958. No ADS-B data captured the helicopters’ subsequent…
NTSB report ↗

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.