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N663DS

Enstrom 280FX

Valid Texas

N663DS is an Enstrom 280FX, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1991. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Port Lavaca, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 6, 2016.

Aircraft

Maker
Enstrom
Model
280FX
Serial number
2065
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD · 190 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1991
Transponder code
A8BFBA (octal 52137672)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 21, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 21, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 6, 2016
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01208489

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Butler Raymond
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 498
Port Lavaca, TX 77979-0498

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data