# N976BT: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: October 28, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=976BT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N976BT

## Aircraft that carried N976BT

- [Cancelled 2014-10-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N976BT-2014-10-28): Enstrom Helicopter 280C, S/N 1142, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Shay Daniel T DBA Gamma Leasing Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHAY%20DANIEL%20T%20DBA%20GAMMA%20LEASING%20CO), [West Trenton, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/West%20Trenton)

## NTSB investigations on N976BT (1)

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 NYC96FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA003), Oct 6, 1995: Enstrom 280C (N976BT), Quakertown, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: improper installation of the magneto by maintenance personnel, which resulted in the loss of ignition and the loss of engine power. A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of suitable terrain…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N976BT (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 19951006036129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951006036129A), Oct 6, 1995: Enstrm 280C (N976BT), Quakertown, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. In flight heard three pops. Rotors slowed. Blades coned upwards. Dropped. Magneto clips came off.

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