- Date
- October 7, 1982, 18:44 local (Oct 8, 1982, 00:44 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3129RHelio H-395
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821007054689A
- Case key
- 70830
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Analysis
During a landing roll-out on runway 15, the aircraft ground looped to the right and the left gear failed. The pilot said he was following a twin Cessna that was about 1/4 mile ahead, and when he raised the flaps from full down to 3/4 down, the plane suddenly veered to the right. He thought he had encountered "prop wash" or vortices from the twin Cessna that had made a touch-and-go. The pilot said he was advised by the tower controller that the winds were from 210 deg at 12 KTS and gusting. An investigation revealed the gear had failed from overload. According to the 1848 weather report, the wind was from 290 deg at 9 gusting 22 KTS.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3129R
- Reported as
- Helio H-395
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 510
- Airframe hours
- 2,385
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G1B6, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jonathan H. Reiners
- Registered owner
- Jonathan H. Reiners
- Departed
- C · Casper, WY
- Destination
- C · Gillette, WY
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County, runway 15, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 26 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 129 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.