N86235 — Enstrom 280FX

Aircraft record

Serial number

2002

Manufacturer

Enstrom

Model

280FX

Category

Rotorcraft

Engine

Lycoming Hi0-360 Ser

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N86235 →

Accident & incident history

1. CEN15FA126Jan 26, 2015Erie, COFatal · 2 fatal

   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 radius of the spindle and the manufacturer's failure to include a bending moment within the spindle threads when performing the fatigue analysis during initial design of the spindle.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the Enstrom 280FX).

1. Jun 1, 2018deregistered — Sale Reported

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N86235 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the Enstrom 280FX above.

• until Oct 5, 19731946 Aeronca 11AC (s/n IIAC-39)

Frequently asked

Has N86235 been in an accident?

Yes. N86235 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2015.

What kind of aircraft is N86235?

N86235 is an Enstrom 280FX (rotorcraft), serial number 2002.

Has N86235 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N86235 (CEN15FA126) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.