- Date
- June 7, 1984, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- So. Burlington, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6485VHelio 295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840607023049A
- Case key
- 35681
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadCause
Landing gear,main gear - failure,totalCause
Analysis
The left main gear collapsed during landing roll-out. The plt/owner had been practicing touch and go landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6485V
- Reported as
- Helio 295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1441
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Erdman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington, runway 15, 7,807 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.