Piston helicopter

N8900X

2012 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2012
Serial
2135
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rotorcraft LLC (LLC)
Based
Lake Havasu City, AZ
2012 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N8900X.
Registration record

N8900X on the FAA register

Type
2012 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
2135
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD
Registered owner
Rotorcraft LLC
Lake Havasu City, AZ
Certificate issued
2026-04-27
Airworthiness date
2025-08-01
Registration expires
2033-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AC47C2
Mode S (octal)
53043702
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-04-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N8900X to the current registrant.
  • 2025-08-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2012
    Manufactured (2012).
  • 1991-06-14
    N8900X previously assigned to a Cessna 182D (s/n 18253300); cancelled.
Overview

About N8900X

N8900X is a 2012 Enstrom 280FX SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 2135. The FAA register lists Rotorcraft LLC as the registrant in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 27, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033.

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 August 1, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8900X. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-01-26 Accident · Show Low, AZ Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · LAX91LA082
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182 — a different aircraft that carried the N8900X registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. A FACTOR WAS INOPERATIVE FUEL GAUGES.

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.