# Accident 20070930022269A: Helio H295, King Salmon, AK, September 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.6609° N, 150.9000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6609&lon=-150.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N295BA-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helio H-295 (registry code 4300802, https://openairdocs.org/model/helio-h-295) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H295
- Reported engine: LYC GO480G1D6
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070930022269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, N295BA A HELIO H-295, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TUNDRA ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF KING SALMON, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM THE IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES 14 CFR PART 91 AND HAD FLIGHT FOLLOWING BY THE OWNER OPERATOR BRANHAM ADVENTURES OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT AND ALL THREE PASSENGERS, ONE LODGE FISHING GUIDE AND TWO FISHING CLIENTS, WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE FROM A REMOTE LAKE TO THE ROYAL WOLF LODGE, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ABOUT 1715, THE ACCIDENT PILOT RADIOED LODGE PERSONNEL THAT HE WAS EN ROUTE TO THE LODGE, WITH AN ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME OF ABOUT 3 MINUTES. WHEN THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO ARRIVE BY 1730, LODGE PERSONNEL ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE VIA RADIO. NO EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) SIGNAL WAS DETECTED. AT 1745, THE LODGE OWNER INITIATED AN AERIAL SEARCH ALONG THE PILOT'S ANTICIPATED ROUTE. THE AIRPLANE'S WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE LODGE. ALL OF THE AIRPLANE'S MAJOR COMPONENTS WERE LOCATED AT THE MAIN WRECKAGE SITE. PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES ABOUT 15 FEET TALL. THE INITIAL CRASH PATH WAS MARKED BY BROKEN TREETOPS ON A MAGNETO HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 240 DEGREES, WITH AN ESTIMATED DESCENT PATH OF 45 DEGREES. THIS ACCIDENT WILL BE FURTHER EVALUATED AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT IS RECOVERED FROM THE SITE, THIS REPORT WILL BE REVISED AS NEEDED.

## 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 ANC07FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA109), Oct 1, 2007: Helio H-295 (N295BA), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: A corrosion-induced fatigue fracture of the airplane's left wing to fuselage attachment cap fitting, which resulted in a partial separation of the left wing, and an uncontrolled descent.

## Other reports on N295BA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20001006041779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001006041779A), Oct 6, 2000: Helio H295 (N295BA), Lake Clark Pass, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 6, 2000, a Helio courier 295 airplane N295BA, sustained substantial damage during an emergency landing in Lake Clark Pass, Alaska. Piloted by…

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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