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Two Killed in Enstrom Helicopter Crash Near Hammonton, New Jersey

The accident record lists two people on board and two fatalities; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:14 a.m. ET
people aboard a single-engine helicopter were killed when it crashed near Hammonton, New Jersey, on December 28, 2025, at about 4:24 p.m. local time, according to the accident record. The event is still developing and the cause has not been determined. The accident record identifies the aircraft as an registered , lists people on board and fatalities, and states the aircraft was destroyed. The flight is classified in the record as a Part 91 general aviation flight, and the record lists the operator as . The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Aircraft registry records describe as an Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C, a single-engine piston helicopter with a Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD engine, serial number 1135, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as ; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. In sources independent of accident reporting, only an aircraft database entry (OneSpotter) associating with this helicopter could be located; no company website, regulator certificate record or corporate-registry filing establishing its business, location or officers was found. As a matter of record only: the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains five other cases involving the Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C, none of them fatal. That count is not a safety rate and says nothing about the cause of this accident. Weather observations recorded at Atlantic City International Airport (KACY), 17.3 miles away and 30 minutes from the reported time, show wind from 180 degrees at 3 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, scattered cloud at 1,500 feet and a temperature of 37°F. Geographic reference data places Hammonton in Atlantic County, New Jersey, at a settlement elevation of 102 feet, 1.5 miles south of Ideal Mfg Corp Airport (NJ69) and 3. miles southwest of Hammonton Municipal Airport (KN81); that locates the town, not the accident site. The investigation remains open.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N280MG
Type
Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C — single-engine piston helicopter
Engines
LYCOMING HIO-360-E1AD
Registered owner
M&m Charter LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
102 ft
Nearest aerodrome
1.5 miles S of Ideal Mfg Corp Airport (NJ69)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 13:14current

    Corrected the relative bearings of Hammonton to the nearby aerodromes, added the operator as listed in the accident record, and clarified that the geographic data locates the town rather than the crash site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 18:57

    First published.

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