- Date
- February 21, 1974
- Place
- Trion, GA · TRION, GA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N275ZDHelio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740221003639A
- Case key
- 187043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0226 74/2/21 TRION,GA HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N275ZD PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC AGE 46, 5300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIEGEL STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC TRION,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 110 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED SUDDEN GUST EST 30K NEAR GND.FUSELAGE CREASED AND WRINKLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N275ZD
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Riegel Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.