- Date
- June 5, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Croton, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4119DHelio H-391B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605022689A
- Case key
- 12204
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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.
Undershoot
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft collided with wires on an approach to a lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4119D
- Reported as
- Helio H-391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 043
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Tomanica
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Big Rapids, MI
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 697 total · 200 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.