- Date
- February 17, 1975
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68879Helio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750217004749A
- Case key
- 148010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0265 75/2/17 LAFAYETTE,LA HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4100 TIME - 1045 N68879 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68879
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lafayette
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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.