- Date
- August 8, 1990, 17:05 local (Aug 9, 1990, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Arctic Village, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6481VHelio HE-3/H-295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900808031819A
- Case key
- 5423
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands improper flare during a forced landing resulting in a hard landing.
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 stated that he had reduced power to make a low pass over a potential future landing area. When power was reapplied, the engine did not respond. A hard landing on the gravel bar resulted. After recovery, the engine started and ran with no obvious problems. No reason was found for the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6481V
- Reported as
- Helio HE-3/H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1435
- Airframe hours
- 13,125
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G106, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wright Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wright Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 10, 1990 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Sheenjek River, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 7,790 as pilot in command · 267 in the last 90 days · 99 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N6481V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.