- Date
- October 17, 1973
- Place
- Eau Claire, WI · EAU CLAIRE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8750RHelio Acft H-391B
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731017034519A
- Case key
- 188065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3405 73/10/17 EAU CLAIRE,WIS HELIO ACFT H-391B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 38, TIME - 1653 N8750R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 550 TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAU CLAIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REEDSVILLE,WIS EAU CLAIRE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- PLT HAD FLOWN 8 HRS IN LAST 24 HR PERIOD VEERED L INITIATED GOARND HELD R RUDDER TOO LONG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8750R
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eau Claire
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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.
Other investigations on N8750R · 1
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