Piston helicopter

N9285

1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1978
Serial
1003
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HI0-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
November 9285 LLC (LLC)
Based
Higden, AR
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1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
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Registration record

N9285 on the FAA register

Type
1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters
Serial
1003
Engines
Lycoming HI0-360 series
Registered owner
November 9285 LLC
Higden, AR
Certificate issued
2026-04-07
Airworthiness date
1978-06-13
Registration expires
2033-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
ACDEE9
Mode S (octal)
53157351
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).
  • 2026-04-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N9285.
  • 2021-08-21
    Accident at Port Orange, FL; damage: substantial.
  • 1978-06-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N9285

N9285 is a 1978 Enstrom 280C SHARK Piston Helicopters, serial number 1003. The FAA register lists November 9285 LLC as the registrant in Higden, Arkansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 7, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033.

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 June 13, 1978.

N9285 has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2021-08-21 Accident · Port Orange, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA21LA339
Reported aircraft: Enstrom 280
Probable cause: The failure of the tail rotor drive shaft at the coupling due to torsionally applied shear stress.
1991-05-05 Accident · Odessa, DE Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · BFO91FA048
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 — a different aircraft that carried the N9285 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RECOVER FROM A STALL. CONTRIBUTING WAS AN INTENTIONAL STALL OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT INEXPEREINCE AND INADEQUATE ALTITUDE.

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.