# NTSB ANC12CA020: Helio H-295, N713C, Old Minto, AK, January 26, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 26, 2012, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Old Minto, AK
- Coordinates: 60.209575, -162.030181 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2096&lon=-162.0302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA Fairbanks FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC12CA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82756/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82756
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA020

## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to land on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Helio H-295, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=4300802), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Helio H-295, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md?model=4300802), [All aircraft, 219 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Helio H-295, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=4300802), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Helio H-295, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=4300802), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was landing the ski-equipped airplane on a snow-covered lake when the left ski encountered a snow drift, and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was landing the ski-equipped airplane on a snow covered lake when the left ski encountered a snow drift, and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N713C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713C), registered now, S/N 1438, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H-295
- Registry model: [Helio H-295](https://openairdocs.org/model/helio-h-295) (registry code 4300802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (registry code 41527, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1438
- Airframe hours: 7310
- Engines: LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES 295 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Wright Air Service
- Registered owner: Bursiel Equipment Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 20, 2011, 58 hours before
- Departed: Old Minto, AK
- Destination: PAFA, Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: runway 36, snow

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 3, 2011; seat: left; flight hours: 14,300 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: -24 °F, dew point -31 °F
- Altimeter: 29.80 inHg
- Observed at: PANN, 20 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20120126000859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120126000859A), Jan 26, 2012: Helio H-295, Old Minto, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was looking for a spot to land near a camp for future alternate landing sites. The company provides flights to this camp and needed other landing sites…

## Other investigations on N713C (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 ANC23LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA082), Sep 17, 2023: Helio H-295 (N713C), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s encounter with windshear during initial climb out, which resulted in a loss of control.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 6, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82756. 730 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 730 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40365681&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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.

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