# Accident 20060430006499A: Helio H250, Woodville, TX, April 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2006, 20:15 local time
- Place: Woodville, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8689° N, 94.4589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8689&lon=-94.4589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777LF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helio H-250 (registry code 4300302, https://openairdocs.org/model/helio-h-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 180 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060430006499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AFTER A THIRTY TO FORTY MINUTE LOCAL AREA FLIGHT, UNDER VFR CONDITIONS, WITH ONE PASSENGER, TO THEIR RESIDENTIAL PRIVATE GRASS LANDING STRIP HEADING DUE NORTH. WINDS WERE CALM. PILOT PERCEIVED AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING LONG; WELL PAST THE HALFWAY POINT AND ATTEMPTED A MISSED APPROACH MANUEVER. ON CLIMB OUT AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET BEYOND NORTH END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SETTLED INTO HEAVILY WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE BEYOND THE GRASS STRIP. PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT PERFORMING WELL. AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT, WITH LEFT WING SEVERED AND RESTING NEXT TO FUSELAGE, RIGHT ELEVATOR SEVERED AND RESTING NEAR TAILBOOM. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE REMAINED WITHIN AN AREA RADIUS OF APPROXIMATELY 20/25 FEET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LEFT CREW DOOR DISCOVERED 120 FEET SOUTH. TREE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BEGIN APPROXIMATELY 100/120 FEET TO THE SOUTH OF THE FUSELAGE WRECKAGE. AS AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO APPROXIMATELY 30/35 FEET ABOVE GROUND PROPELLERS AND LEFT HAND WING CONTACTED TWO LARGE OAK TREES AND AIRCRAFT FELL WITH LITTLE FORWARD MOMENTUM REMAINING. PROPELLERS WERE BENT AND TIPS BROKEN, FROM CONTACT WITH TREES UNDER POWER.N

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW06CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA116), May 1, 2006: Heliotech H-250 (N777LF), Woodville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with obstructions at the departure end of the airstrip during an aborted landing. A contributing factor was dusk light conditions.

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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