# NTSB SEA70D0134: Helio Acft H-391B, N6025, Reedsport, OR, October 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 7, 1969
- Place: Reedsport, OR · REEDSPORT, OR
- Location: 43.6989° N, 124.1119° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reedsport, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6989&lon=-124.1119&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152128
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70D0134
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70D0134

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4143   69/10/7   REEDSPORT,OREG      HELIO ACFT H-391B   CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 350
        TIME - 1645                    N6025               PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SALEM,OREG                  NORTH BEND,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- UN CONTINUE DUE FOG ON RIVER,REVERSED COURSE.CHECKED FLD FOR LDG.HIT WATER DURG TURN TOWARD FLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6025](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6025-1971-05-27), registration cancelled 1971-05-27, S/N 77 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELIO ACFT H-391B
- Registry model: [Helio H-391B](https://openairdocs.org/model/helio-h-391b) (registry code 4300106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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