Piston helicopter

N98WB

2012 Florida Helicopter Corp Hummingbird 260L

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2012
Serial
622
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Xtango3 LLC (LLC)
Based
Reston, VA
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Registration record

N98WB on the FAA register

Type
2012 Florida Helicopter Corp Hummingbird 260L
Serial
622
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Xtango3 LLC
Reston, VA
Certificate issued
2012-02-17
Airworthiness date
2012-06-01
Registration expires
2028-02-29
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
ADAAC1
Mode S (octal)
53325301
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Vertical Aviation Technologies HUMMINGBIRD 260L
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-06-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2012-02-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N98WB to the current registrant.
  • 2004-08-12
    N98WB previously assigned to a Homebuilt Thorp T-18 (s/n 524); cancelled.
Overview

About N98WB

N98WB is a 2012 Florida Helicopter Corp Hummingbird 260L, serial number 622. The FAA register lists Xtango3 LLC as the registrant in Reston, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 17, 2012 and expires on February 29, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 1, 2012.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N98WB. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2004-02-14 Accident · Crescent City, FL Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ANC04LA022
Reported aircraft: Bertrand/Warner Thorp T-18 — a different aircraft that carried the N98WB registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors associated with the accident were fog and low ceilings.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.