# N976BT: 1978 Enstrom Helicopter 280C, registration cancelled 2014-10-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 28, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Enstrom Helicopter 280C](https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c) (registry code 3300505)
- 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: 1142
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 30, 1978
- Certificate issued: January 29, 1993
- Last registry action: June 14, 2006
- Mode S code: AD9A1A
- Owner when cancelled: [Shay Daniel T DBA Gamma Leasing Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHAY%20DANIEL%20T%20DBA%20GAMMA%20LEASING%20CO)
- Location: [West Trenton, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/West%20Trenton)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.2644° N, 74.8270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 08628, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N976BT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=976BT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N976BT-2014-10-28

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 Helicopter 280C: https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280c.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 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 (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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