Piston helicopter

N704D

1988 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1988
Serial
2025
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Texarkana, TX
1988 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N704D.
Registration record

N704D on the FAA register

Type
1988 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
2025
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Texarkana, TX
Certificate issued
2024-07-09
Airworthiness date
2018-06-22
Registration expires
2031-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A963B5
Mode S (octal)
52261665
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-07-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N704D to the current registrant.
  • 2018-06-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2012-10-15
    N704D previously assigned to a Beechcraft D18S (s/n A-596); cancelled.
  • 1988
    Manufactured (1988).
Overview

About N704D

N704D is a 1988 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 2025. It is registered to an individual in Texarkana, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 9, 2024 and expires on July 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 June 22, 2018.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N704D. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-09-28 Accident · Frostproof,Fl, 09 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2878
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft D18S — a different aircraft that carried the N704D registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: RRIED TAKEOFF ATTEMPT TO AVOID APPREHENSION.

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.