- Date
- May 8, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gulkana, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4156DHelio H-395
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820508019819A
- Case key
- 70926
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot departed fairbanks, Alaska in his wheel equipped Helio H-395 and proceeded on a flight to Gulkana, Alaska. While en route, he elected to land on an island near the junction of the susitna and oshetina rivers. During the landing, the gear fell through the snow and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4156D
- Reported as
- Helio H-395
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack Freeman Jr.
- Registered owner
- Jack Freeman Jr.
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Memphis, TN
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 800 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N4156D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.