- Date
- February 9, 1981
- Place
- Liberty, TX · LIBERTY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6340VHelio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810209003199A
- Case key
- 127421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0360 81/2/9 LIBERTY,TX HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4860 TIME - 0200 N6340V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIBERTY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,OK LIBERTY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD A PATCH OF FOG,DRIFTED RGT,HIT TALL COTTONWOOD TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6340V
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Liberty Muni
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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.