- Date
- May 15, 1966
- Place
- Cliff, NM · CLIFF, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4200BHelio Acft H395
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1025 66/5/15 NR.CLIFF N MEX HELIO ACFT H395 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 600 TIME - 1730 N4200B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROTTER STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4200B
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H395
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trotter Strip
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