# Kaman K-600

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry codes: 4800802, 05636NA
- Manufacturer (registry): KAMAN
- Model: K-600
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Turbo-prop
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 90 mph
- Certification: Type certificated
- Data sheet: [TCDS AR-27](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/AR-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Holder: Kaman Aerospace Corporation
- Registered aircraft: 1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-k-600

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. The FAA lists this model under more than one registry code, usually for different spellings of the maker. This page covers them all.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- [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Historical (superseded or no longer in force):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

## Registered aircraft (1)

- [N286M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286M): [Olympic Jet Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLYMPIC%20JET%20INC), [Olympia, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Olympia), S/N 110

## NTSB investigations (3)

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…
- [NTSB FTW74DRJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRJ35), May 24, 1974: Kaman Acft K-600 (N61757), Mer Rouge, LA, destroyed

## 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 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…
- [Accident 19740524013959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740524013959A), May 24, 1974: Kaman HUK1 (N61757), Mer Rouge, LA, Destroyed. Lnd due poor acceleration. Nose gr sank into soft dirt.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (2)

Approved for this model: the STC's model list names it on its data sheet, or a series that includes it. In force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has.

- [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

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