- Date
- July 17, 1984, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6321VHelio H-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840717036559A
- Case key
- 4217
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 acft nosed up after takeoff to an aprx 75 deg pitch angle in spite of nose down control input. The plt pulled off all power and the acft fell to the ground. Post accident investigation revealed that the acft was about 392 lbs over gross weight and 5.13 inches aft of the aft CG limit. Also, hazardous cargo was improperly packaged, not properly marked and not secured. The fire extinguisher on board the acft was last inspected in 1/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6321V
- Reported as
- Helio H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2536
- Airframe hours
- 4,458
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Wright Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1984 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Slide Creek, AK
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks International, runway 1R, 3,200 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,100 total · 2,503 in this make and model · 10,900 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.