- Date
- July 5, 1970
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5462EHelio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1037 70/7/5 NR.TEHACHAPI,CALIF HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N5462E PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 51, 12317 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEHACHAPI,CALIF TEHACHAPI,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- OBSTRUCTIONS IN FLT PATH.PLT MADE STEEP NOSE HIGH TURN TO AVOID POLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5462E
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tehachapi
N5462ERegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Helio H-295Airframe modelHelio H-295Engine modelLycoming GO-480 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 N5462E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.