N51715

Enstrom Helicopter CORP 280C · built 1978

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on May 20, 1965.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • February 29, 1984Accident

    THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN DURING A TEST FLT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT ROTATE ABOUT 180 DEGREES ABOUT ITS VERTICAL AXIS GO NOSE LOW AND DESCEND VERTICALLY TO THE GROUND. A NOISE CHANGE DESCRIBED AS A 'SPUTTER' OR TONE CHANGE' WAS HEARD DURING THIS MANEUVER.

    Enstrom 280C