Piston helicopter

N51787

1980 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
1172
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HI0-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Whitesburg, GA
1980 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N51787.
Registration record

N51787 on the FAA register

Type
1980 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
1172
Engines
Lycoming HI0-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Whitesburg, GA
Certificate issued
2002-06-17
Airworthiness date
1980-07-07
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A67F00
Mode S (octal)
51477400
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2002-06-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N51787 to the current registrant.
  • 1980-07-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1962-10-19
    N51787 previously assigned to a Fairchild PT-26 (s/n 5923AE); cancelled.
Overview

About N51787

N51787 is a 1980 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 1172. It is registered to an individual in Whitesburg, Georgia. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 17, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming HI0-360 series engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 7, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N51787.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N51787.

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.