- Date
- February 12, 1983, 17:02 local (Feb 13, 1983, 00:02 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4160DHelio H-395
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830212005739A
- Case key
- 23427
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ground looped during landing and collided with an acft arresting system component. The pilot was landing on RWY11L. He did not report any difficulty controlling the acft until he began his flare. At that time he stated that a slight air disturbance was encountered and shortly thereafter he lost control of the acft. He drifted to the left of therwy and ground looped. During the ground loop the acft collided with the tape storage reel of the acft arresting system. This component was about 25 ft from the rwy edge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4160D
- Reported as
- Helio H-395
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 512
- Airframe hours
- 3,482
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray T. Matheny
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1983 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TUC · Tucson International, runway 11L, 1,202 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,620 total · 254 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS
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 N4160D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.