# NTSB NYC84LA207: Helio 295, N6485V, So. Burlington, VT, June 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1984, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: So. Burlington, VT
- Location: 44.4720° N, 73.1533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTL (BTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4720&lon=-73.1533&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA207

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT. THE PLT/OWNER HAD BEEN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6485V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HELIO 295
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1441
- Airframe hours: 2300
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840607023049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840607023049A), Jun 7, 1984: Helio H295, Burlington, VT, Substantial damage. Main gear collapsed on the landing roll. No defects. Indicates pilot retracted the landing gear by mistake.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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