- Date
- April 9, 1976
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6493VHelio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760409009799A
- Case key
- 153476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0896 76/4/9 FAIRBANKS,AK HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1324 N6493V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRBANKS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6493V
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairbanks Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6493V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC90FA134Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal report40 Se Bettles, AKThe failure and separation of the #5 connecting rod bolt and cap which resulted in the rupture of the engine housing and subsequent engine fire due to oil spillage, and an inadequately mounted vertical fin/stabilator. A contributing factor was the inadequate…NTSB ANC88LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportClear, AKThe commercially certificated 8,000 hour pilot was attempting to land his Helio courier airplane at a remote, private airstrip in Alaska to pick up a non-revenue passenger. He reported that he landed hard, and that the left main gear collapsed. He said that…