19741228044159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Helio H-295 · Carefree, AZ · December 28, 1974

Date
December 28, 1974
Place
Carefree, AZ
Airport
Ranch Strip
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6491V
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX75FUJ51
Reported as
Helio H295
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total155 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

L brake lining installed backwards. Caused x-wind gr to operate improperly. Hit dense thicket.

As the FAA filed it

L BRAKE LINING INSTALLED BACKWARDS.CAUSED X-WIND GR TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY.HIT DENSE THICKET.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.