- Date
- December 30, 1979
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5460EHelio Acft H-250
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791230034109A
- Case key
- 132070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3282 79/12/30 NR.ANCHORAGE,AK HELIO ACFT H-250 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 722 TIME - 0930 N5460E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CROWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- RWY HAD 12 IN.LOOSE SNOW,W PWR LINES & DIRT BERM AT DEPT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5460E
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Crown
N5460ERegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Helio H-250Airframe modelHelio H-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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 N5460E · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC95LA112Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportClarkson, NYFailure of the engine fuel pump, which resulted in fuel starvation and loss of engine power over an unsuitable landing area. Factors relating to the accident were: the airplane manufacture did not list the use of the installed electric boost pumps, nor did…NTSB ANC85LA119Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe plt reported that he took off downwind with a heavily loaded acft. He estimated the wind was from the north at 4 gusting to 6 KTS. He stated that after climbing about 100 ft, the acft began to mush as he began retracting the flaps. Subsequently, it…NTSB CHI67F0629Accident · No injuriesClosedTraverse City, MINTSB CHI67F0333Accident · No injuriesClosedLushing, MI