# Accident 20250820013559A: Helio H-395, King Salmon, AK, August 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2025, 17:00 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7531° N, 156.1661° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7531&lon=-156.1661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44344, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44344) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helio H-395 (registry code 4300202, https://openairdocs.org/model/helio-h-395) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H-395
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,026 total, 58 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250820013559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED

•	IT WAS A WARM DAY WITH CALM WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF.

•	THE LANDING AREA WAS UNIMPROVED, APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET LONG, AND LOCATED AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 3,500 FEET.

•	HE WAS CARRYING THREE PASSENGERS, APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS. OF FISHING GEAR, AND 30 GALLONS OF FUEL.

•	THE CALCULATED WEIGHT AND BALANCE WAS 3,554 LBS.

•	NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED WITH THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF.

•	THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE AND SETTLED INTO TREES AND ALDERS JUST BEYOND THE RUNWAY.

•	HE HAD DEPARTED FROM KING SALMON AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL TIME EARLIER THAT MORNING WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 ANC25LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA095), Aug 21, 2025: Helio H-395 (N44344), Pilot Point, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate takeoff performance planning, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N44344 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210301003159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210301003159I), Mar 1, 2021: Helio H-395 (N44344), Grenada, MS, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control and ground looped aircraft during landing roll out on runway 4 Grenada Municipal Airport (gnf) Grenada Mississippi.

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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