# N286M: Kaman K-600 - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Kaman K-600](https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-k-600) (registry code 4800802, 2 seats) - Data sheets: [TCDS AR-27](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/AR-27) (Kaman Aerospace Corporation) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 110 - Type: Rotorcraft - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Certificate issued: November 18, 2005 - Expires: October 31, 2028 - Mode S code: A2E558 - Registered owner: [Olympic Jet Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLYMPIC%20JET%20INC) - Location: [Olympia, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Olympia) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 46.9785° N, 122.8759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98501, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=286M - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286M From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 1 in force ### Matched by airframe (Kaman K-600) - [AD 2023-11-07](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-11-07): Ground Proximity System · Airbus Helicopters 47, 206, 210 and 237 more. Effective Jun 22, 2023 ### Historical (superseded or no longer in force) - [AD 2021-23-13](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2021-23-13) (historical): Ground Proximity System · Airbus Helicopters K-225, K-190A, K-240 and 237 more. Effective Dec 9, 2021 ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations (2) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB SEA04LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA019), Nov 20, 2003: Kaman K-600 (N286M), Nordman, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total failure of the helicopter's right main rotor shaft while in an ascending hover due to the propagation of a fatigue crack that initiated in a corrosion pit on the surface of a slot in the… - [NTSB SEA02IA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02IA096), May 21, 2002: Kaman K-600 (HH-43B) (N286M), Cocolalla, ID, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The reverse installation of the RPM compensator assembly control box bolts resulting in the threaded end of the bolt impinging on a clevis and jamming the collective during climb. A contributing… ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Accident 20031120030629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031120030629A), Nov 20, 2003: Kaman K600 (N286M), Coolin, ID, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) Helicopter was lifting logs from a hillside when the right rotor shaft (mast) failed just below the rotor head. Both main rotors disintegrated during the… ## Service difficulty reports None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (2) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the airframe (Kaman K-600) - [STC SH3319NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH3319NM): Installation of Precise Flight Pulselite Control Unit in the Landing /Taxi Recognition Visual Control Light system,. Precise Flight Inc - [STC SR02394AK](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SR02394AK): Replacement of existing landing and/or hover light bulbs with Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting system. Seaplanes North LLC ## Earlier aircraft with N286M The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N286M before. - [Cancelled 1970-07-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N286M-1970-07-10): Beech C18S, S/N 7743. Owner: [Pitt Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PITT%20AIRLINES%20INC), [West Mifflin, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/West%20Mifflin) ## Related - Other Kaman K-600 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-k-600/aircraft.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.