- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Durango, CO · DURANGO, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N300FTHelio Acft H295
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505013729A
- Case key
- 124316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1202 74/5/5 NR.DURANGO,COLO HELIO ACFT H295 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 273 TIME - 1320 N300FT PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA PLATA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DURANGO,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300FT
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Plata County
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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.