Piston helicopter

N3398M

1976 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1976
Serial
1037
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-C1A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Beach Lake, PA
1976 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N3398M.
Registration record

N3398M on the FAA register

Type
1976 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
1037
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-C1A
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Beach Lake, PA
Certificate issued
2024-10-25
Airworthiness date
2025-12-10
Registration expires
2031-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A3BABA
Mode S (octal)
50735272
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2024-10-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N3398M to the current registrant.
  • 2018-01-04
    N3398M previously assigned to a Piper Arrow III (s/n 28R-7837113); cancelled.
  • 1976
    Manufactured (1976).
  • 1957-05-09
    N3398M previously assigned to a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser / Super Cub (s/n 12-2249); cancelled.
Overview

About N3398M

N3398M is a 1976 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 1037. It is registered to an individual in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 25, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming HIO-360-C1A engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated December 10, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3398M. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2014-03-19 Accident · Ruidoso, NM Damage: Substantial NTSB · CEN14CA164
Reported aircraft: Piper PA 28R-201 — a different aircraft that carried the N3398M registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adjust the engine's fuel-air mixture and decision to takeoff in high density attitude conditions which degraded the airplane's performance.

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.