- Date
- April 3, 1965
- Place
- Pittsburg, KS · PITTSBURG, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5444EHelio H-250
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0705 65/4/3 PITTSBURG KANS HELIO H-250 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N5444E PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 33, 3148 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TEMPERATURE-F LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS VFR REMARKS- FAMILIARIZATION FOR SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5444E
- Reported as
- Helio H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5444ERegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Helio H-250Airframe modelHelio H-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 N5444E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.