# NTSB SEA84LA105: Helio H-700-SP, N708JS, Meridian, ID, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1984, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Meridian, ID
- Location: 43.6121° N, 116.3915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meridian, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6121&lon=-116.3915&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39913
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39913/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA105

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H-700-SP
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840512018189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512018189A), May 12, 1984: Helio H700, Boise, ID, Substantial damage. A wheel became caught in a furrow while landing in a farm field. Aircraft veered into a barbed wire fence.

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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