Helio H-295
N68857 is a Helio H-295, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Wright Air Service INC, a corporation in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated October 18, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Helio
- Model
- H-295 · all H-295s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1463
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming GO-480 SERIES · 295 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 153 mph
- Transponder code
- A92416 (octal 52222026)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 30, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · October 18, 1977
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00670187
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wright Air Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 60142
Fairbanks, AK 99706-0142
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N68857, 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 Wright Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 30, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 18, 1977, 3 years after the 1974 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1463 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N68857 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]
3 NTSB records under N68857: Accident on September 10, 2020 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 26, 2016 at Delta Junction, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 14, 1992 at Laramie, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H 295 · operated under 135
The pilot’s decision to initiate a right turn immediately after departure and his failure to maintain a proper crosswind correction, which resulted in a collision with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC20CA092 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H-295 · operated under 135
The pilot’s decision to take off from a wet, snowy airstrip and his delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC16LA071 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H-295 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT, AND AN INADVERTENT GROUND-LOOP. FACTORS INCLUDE CROSSWINDS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA92LA155 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