- Date
- April 23, 1966
- Place
- James Creek, PA · JAMES CREEK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5454EHelio Acft H-250
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0937 66/4/23 JAMES CREEK PA HELIO ACFT H-250 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N5454E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WHILE IN A NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE,AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5454E
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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