- Date
- June 30, 1985, 08:53 local (15:53 UTC)
- Place
- Imperial, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55XVHelio H-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850630028629A
- Case key
- 24760
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This plt executed a full flap 40 mph landing. After touchdown the left main landing gear lifted off the rwy, & the plt was not able to lower it using rudder, brakes, & aileron control. No attempt was made o use power to regain directinal control as the acft ground looped to the left. The right main landing gear collapsed inboard. All landing gear fractures were due to overload conditions. The wind was from 30 degrees left of the rwy heading at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55XV
- Reported as
- Helio H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2520
- Airframe hours
- 808
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- P.R. Porter & Son
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Destination
- IPL
- Airport
- IPL · Imperial, runway 32, 4,304 × 100 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 576 total · 34 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPL
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 N55XV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.