- Date
- May 12, 1984, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Meridian, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N708JSHelio H-700-SP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512018189A
- Case key
- 39913
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/unevenFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that while landing onto his own field the left main gear caught in a deep furrow. The acft then veered to the right striking a woven wire & barbed wire fence, & a railroad tie.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N708JS
- Reported as
- Helio H-700-SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Buell Scott
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- NONE · Meridian, ID
- Airport
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 666 total · 40 in this make and model · 666 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at
- BOI, 8 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.