- Date
- December 13, 1966
- Place
- New Cuyama, CA · NEW CUYAMA, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5444EHelio H-250
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4239 66/12/13 NEW CUYAMA CALIF HELIO H-250 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N5444E PX- 0 0 4 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 30, 1817 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW CUYAMA AIRSTR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- FAILED TO LOCK TAILWHEEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5444E
- Reported as
- Helio H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Cuyama Airstr
N5444ERegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Helio H-250Airframe modelHelio H-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.
Other investigations on N5444E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.