# Incident 19960914032719I: Helio H700, Ogden, UT, September 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2284° N, 111.9681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ogden, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2284&lon=-111.9681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H700
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960914032719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1996, AT 12:30 PM/MST, A HELIO H-700, N700AA PILOTED BY LEWIS BJORK, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A DRY LAKE BED. THE LANDING WAS HARD, AS STATED BY THE PILOT. THE SURFACE WAS SOFT. THE FIBERGLASS LANDING GEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE SNAPPED AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINT, AND THE LEFT GEAR APPEARED TO HAVE LAYER SEPARATION AND WAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. THE THREE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT AFT. A SMALL PORTION UNDER THE FUSELAGE "BELLY SKIN" WAS BENT AND WRINKLED, AND A SMALL HOLE WAS PUNCHED THROUGH IT. THE FLOOR BOARDS WERE PULLED AND THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE APPEARED TO BE UNDAMAGED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, TEMPERATURE WAS 68 DEGREES, WINDS WERE SE, LIGHT AND VARIABLE. THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS AIRLINE TRANSPORT MULTIENGINE LAND (MEL) AND SINGLE ENGINE LAND (SEL) PILOT LICENSES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SLC AT 11:30 AM/MST. A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT WAS OBTAINED AND HELD IN THIS OFFICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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