- Date
- July 26, 1978
- Place
- Iliamna, AK · ILIAMNA, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6023Helio Acft 391B
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780726026709A
- Case key
- 140444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3969 78/7/26 NR.ILIAMNA,AK HELIO ACFT 391B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 10000 TIME - 1800 N6023 PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ILIAMNA,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6023
- Reported as
- Helio Acft 391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.