- Date
- November 20, 1980
- Place
- Mt Sterling, KY · MT STERLING, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5384GHelio Acft HT-295
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801120074229A
- Case key
- 127453
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3510 80/11/20 MT STERLING,KY HELIO ACFT HT-295 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1166 TIME - 1440 N5384G PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT STERLING,KY LOUISVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BROWNISH COLORED WTR FOUND IN FUEL LNS NR STRAINER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5384G
- Reported as
- Helio Acft HT-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Montgomery County
N5384GRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2010 · Helio H-295Airframe modelHelio H-295Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.