- Date
- October 19, 1981
- Place
- Hazard, KY · HAZARD, KY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2EDHelio H-295
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811019068319A
- Case key
- 123192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3485 81/10/19 NR.HAZARD,KY HELIO H-295 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 8000 TIME - 1415 N2ED PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HAZARD,KY RETURN LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT AIRFRAME - WINGS: WINGTIPS REMARKS- WING CARRY THROUGH ASSY TENSION MEMBER FAILED.EMERGCY A/D 81-24-05 ISSUED AFT ACCD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2ED
- Reported as
- Helio H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.