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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Helio 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.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Wright Air Service INC, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen Thursday at 5:10 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Helio
- Model
- H-295 · all H-295s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Helio H-295 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1463
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming GO-480 SERIES · 295 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 153 mph
- Transponder code
- A92416 (octal 52222026)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 30, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 18, 1977
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00670187
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wright Air Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N68857 links to the rest of the register
- Helio H-295 54 registered
- Helio 120 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wright Air Service INC · charter operator
- Lycoming GO-480 series 246 aircraft with this engine series · 295 hp
- Wright Air Service INC 32 aircraft in the fleet
- Fairbanks, AK 842 aircraft registered in this town
- Fairbanks International · FAI
- Gold King Creek Airport · AK7
- Chena River Seaplane Base · 2Z5
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Helio H-295 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Helio H-295 41 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Helio H-295 213 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming GO-480 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming GO-480 series 11 reports since 1995
- Where N68857 is now · Last seen Thursday at 5:10 pm.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data