# N86235: Enstrom 280FX, registration cancelled 2018-06-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 1, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Enstrom 280FX](https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-280fx) (registry code 3300506)
- Engine: [Lycoming HI0-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hi0-360-series) (registry code 41553)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1CE), [TCDS 1E10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2002
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, showing compliance
- Airworthiness date: May 3, 1985
- Last registry action: April 10, 2017
- Mode S code: ABD924
- Location: [Hilo, HI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/HI/Hilo)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 19.6598° N, 155.2325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 96720, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86235
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=86235
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86235-2018-06-01

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Enstrom 280FX: https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-280fx.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN15FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA126), Jan 26, 2015: Enstrom 280FX (N86235), Erie, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight failure of the helicopter's #2 main rotor spindle due to undetected fatigue cracking, which resulted in an in-flight breakup. Contributing to failure were the nonconforming thread root…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20150126000539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150126000539A), Jan 26, 2015: Enstrom 280FX (N86235), Erie, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On January 26, 2015, at Erie Municipal Airport (eik), N86235, an Enstrom 280FX helicopter crashed during landing. Two people were on board, a flight instructor…
- [Incident 20030417004439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030417004439I), Apr 17, 2003: Enstrm 280FX (N86235), Corona, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot experienced a change in rudder pedal control forces and operation and elected to divert to nearest airport. At about 15 above the runway the…

## Other aircraft with N86235

- [Cancelled 1973-10-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86235-1973-10-05): Aeronca 11AC, S/N IIAC-39, built 1946. Owner: [Connally Charles P Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONNALLY%20CHARLES%20P%20JR), [Corpus Christi, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Corpus%20Christi)

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