- Date
- November 19, 1983, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hood River, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4431UHelio H-391B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831119063709A
- Case key
- 39855
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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
According to FAA inspectors, the plt made a hi speed turnoff onto a taxiway after landing & ground looped the acft. The plt stated that the right brake failed, the acft rolled off the rwy into mud & the plane spun 270 deg to the left. However, the right brake was examined, adequate brake fluid was available & there was no visible evidence of failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4431U
- Reported as
- Helio H-391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 091
- Airframe hours
- 2,052
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435-C2B, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas P. Falk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983
- Departed
- DLS · The Dalles, OR
- Destination
- 4S2 · Hood River, OR
- Airport
- 4S2 · Hood River, runway 25, 3,040 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 78 in this make and model · 555 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Observed at
- DLS, 18 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 N4431U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.