Piston helicopter

N3842D

Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
2128
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Beacon Aviation Flight Services LLC (LLC)
Based
Rogers, AR
 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N3842D.
Registration record

N3842D on the FAA register

Type
Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
2128
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Registered owner
Beacon Aviation Flight Services LLC
Rogers, AR
Certificate issued
2024-04-17
Airworthiness date
2007-02-28
Registration expires
2031-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A46CC8
Mode S (octal)
51066310
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-04-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N3842D to the current registrant.
  • 2013-08-19
    N3842D previously assigned to a Cessna 182A Skylane / 182 Skylane (s/n 34542); cancelled.
  • 2007-02-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N3842D

N3842D is an Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 2128. The FAA register lists Beacon Aviation Flight Services LLC as the registrant in Rogers, Arkansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 17, 2024 and expires on April 30, 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 February 28, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3842D. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1981-07-05 Accident · Brooksville,Fl, 09 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1645
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N3842D registration before this airframe.

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.