- Date
- November 1, 1984, 00:02 local (04:02 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5450EHelio H-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841101064669A
- Case key
- 4447
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated during two telephone interviews that he hit trees during takeoff and then continued his two hour flt to to the homer arpt. The left wing was damaged and both left and right sides of the horizontal stabilizer were crushed andbent up about 19 degrees. The acft was landed at homer without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5450E
- Reported as
- Helio H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2507
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Sutherland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1984 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 15, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 357 total · 282 in this make and model · 330 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °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.
Other investigations on N5450E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.