N8280K
Nakajima A6M2 MODEL 21 · built 1941
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Algeria on June 22, 1995.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- August 1, 1984Accident
FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL RUNUP THE PILOT TOOK OFF AND WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 400 FT AGL WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT THEN TURNED ON THE CARBURETOR HEAT, BUT IT DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE ENGINE PROBLEM. HE THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR.