- Date
- August 26, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tyler, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N444FFHelio H-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880826035459A
- Case key
- 22678
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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
During flight, the engine stopped developing power. The fuel was feeding from the main tanks and the pilot attempted to transfer some fuel from the auxiliary tanks to the mains but was not able to get a restart. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted a telephone pole and the terrain. Inspection revealed the main tanks were empty and the aux tanks contained fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444FF
- Reported as
- Helio H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2508
- Airframe hours
- 3,750
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Burney, James H.
- Registered owner
- Burney, James H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TYR · Tyler, 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
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 14 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.