- Date
- April 21, 1985, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- John Day, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94747Helio H-295
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850421044639A
- Case key
- 40144
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Procedures/directives - not followed
Qualification
Vfr flight into imc - inadvertentFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - continuedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Wing - iceCause
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Proper altitude - not possible
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Reportedly, the acft encountered airframe icing conditions during flt, & subsequently, mushed into trees on wooded terrain. Elevation of the crash site was about 4500 ft. about 95 mi west at redmond, OR, the wx was in part: 800 ft overcast, 3 mi visibility, wind from 140 deg at 5 KTS. The plt did not possess a fixed wing rating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94747
- Reported as
- Helio H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1279
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G1A6, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin Thomas O'Brien
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 03S · Sandy, OR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 95 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.