- Date
- September 13, 1990, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Circle, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N316HWHelio H-391B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900913039569A
- Case key
- 5457
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airplane control and the pilot's failure to identify the stall.
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 during the takeoff on a gravel bar approximately 3 to 4 feet above the ground, the airplane stalled and then crashed into the alders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316HW
- Reported as
- Helio H-391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 066
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-480, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mastolier, Gary
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,374 total · 1,077 in this make and model · 1,256 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °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 N316HW · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.