Matthew Santonastaso MOSQUITO
N285XE is a Matthew Santonastaso MOSQUITO, a rotorcraft with a two-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2015. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2015 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 20, 2015.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Matthew Santonastaso
- Model
- MOSQUITO
- Serial number
- MXE1249A14B
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2015
- Kit
- INNOVATOR TECHNOLOGIES MOSQUITO
- Transponder code
- A2E2A0 (octal 50561240)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 26, 2015
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 20, 2015
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 01175011
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Santonastaso Matthew J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 261 Nutting Rd
Jaffrey, NH 03452
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N285XE, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Santonastaso Matthew J, an individual, certificate issued March 26, 2015, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 20, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial MXE1249A14B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N285XE according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N285XE: Accident on July 29, 2015 at Winchendon, MA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sontonastaso MOSQUITO · operated under 091
A partial loss of engine power due to a faulty electrical wiring crimp in the engine’s ignition system.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA15LA291 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data