- Date
- August 27, 1984, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shellerbager Ps, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4195DHelio H-395A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840827050829A
- Case key
- 4367
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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.
Nose over
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Low pass - not performedCause
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Analysis
The plt landed on a rwy that was covered with 18 to 30 inches of snow. Shortly after touchdown the acft nosed over. The plt recommended that when in doubt about landing-don't land.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4195D
- Reported as
- Helio H-395A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1008
- Airframe hours
- 5,945
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chris R. Branham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1984 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- Finger Lake, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.