- Date
- September 22, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waller, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6453VHelio H-295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820922049099A
- Case key
- 72948
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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.
Analysis
A witness observed the aircraft depart from a hard surface runway. The aircraft remained close to the runway surface after lift-off and was observed to make an abrupt pull-up to a nose-high climb angle. The aircraft cleared wires then appeared to fall off to the right and impact the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6453V
- Reported as
- Helio H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1405
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aircraft Sales Corporation
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Sales Corporation
- Departed
- Waller, TX
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6453V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.