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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Helio H391B · Soldotna, AK · August 30, 1983

Date
August 30, 1983 · 07:30 local
Place
Soldotna, AK
Airport
Soldotna
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4118D
Reported as
Helio H391B
Reported engine
Lycoming GO435
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total50 in this make and model200 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.

Pilot reported strong gusty winds caused aircraft to veer off runway and strike a gravel bank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY AND STRIKE A GRAVEL BANK.