- Date
- March 22, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winslow, AR
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6475VHelio Courier H-295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850322009579A
- Case key
- 33869
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The left wing of the acft contacted a tree during an attempted takeoff from a 1200 ft long grass fld. The acft then rotated 180 degs and impacted the ground. The plt had landed the acft in the fld on 3/21/85 when deteriorating wx was encountered in-flight. The takeoff was being made downhill with 40 ft tall trees at the end of the fld. The acft lifted off aprx 800 ft down the fld. Takeoff was attempted with a passenger and 90 to 100 gallons of fuel on board (aprx 100 lbs below max gross wt).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6475V
- Reported as
- Helio Courier H-295 (COURIER H-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1429
- Airframe hours
- 3,650
- Engine
- Lycoming GO480-G1D6, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Irvin L. Lipscomb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1984 · 190 hours before
- Destination
- H37 · Springdale, AR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,550 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,300 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 10 nm away
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 N6475V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.