- Date
- September 3, 1988, 16:22 local (Sep 4, 1988, 00:22 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N456JHHelio H-295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880903036879A
- Case key
- 5063
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on the runway at approximately 20 to 25 mph the pilot lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane looped to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N456JH
- Reported as
- Helio H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1231
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Harrower, James
- Registered owner
- James Harrower
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage International, runway 32, 10,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N456JHRegistration cancelled Mar 17, 2010 · Helio H-295Airframe modelHelio H-295Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 5 nm away
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 N456JH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.