- Date
- December 28, 1974
- Place
- Carefree, AZ · CAREFREE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6491VHelio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741228044159A
- Case key
- 146447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4287 74/12/28 CAREFREE,ARIZ HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1430 N6491V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 57, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, 155 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAREFREE,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- L BRAKE LINING INSTALLED BACKWARDS.CAUSED X-WIND GR TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY.HIT DENSE THICKET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6491V
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ranch Strip
N6491VRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Helio H-295Airframe modelHelio H-295Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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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.