N8286
Sikorsky UH-60A · built 1979
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 14, 1992.
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
- May 6, 1992Accident
A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON AS THE HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS. Full accident record
- June 9, 1987Accident
THE PLT WAS POSITIONING THE HELICOPTER FOR AN AERIAL APPLICATION PROJECT. BEFORE TAKING OFF, HE CHECKED THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR & ESTIMATED THERE WAS 30 MIN OF FUEL ON BOARD. THE PROPOSED FLT WAS ESTIMATED TO TAKE 10 MIN. DURING FLT, THE ENG LOST POWER & THE PLT MADE AN AUTOROTATION WHICH TERMINATED IN A HARD LANDING.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1979 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8286.
- November 14, 1977Accident
Inadequate Preflight Preparation And/Or Planning; Mismanagement Of Fuel; Fuel Exhaustion. Factors: Fuel Quantity Gauge; Improper Alignment/Adjustment