- Date
- March 22, 1971
- Place
- Kobuk, AK · KOBUK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5463EHelio Acft H-250
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161356
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4232 71/3/22 KOBUK,ALAS HELIO ACFT H-250 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 4800 TIME - 1715 N5463E PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 252 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KOBUK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOBUK,ALAS KOTZEBUE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WHEEL/SKI EQPD.SNW CVRD FROZEN RIVER,HIT HIDDEN STUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5463E
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kobuk
N5463ERegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Helio H-250Airframe modelHelio H-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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