- Date
- July 14, 1992, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N68857Helio H-295
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920714025539A
- Case key
- 42855
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain runway alignment, and an inadvertent ground-loop. Factors include crosswinds.
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
The pilot of the Helio H-295 was attempting a takeoff in a strong crosswind when the aircraft began to veer to the right. Because he could not maintain runway alignment, he elected to abort the takeoff. During the abort the aircraft ground-looped, and the right main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68857
- Reported as
- Helio H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1463
- Airframe hours
- 2,119
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-G1A6, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gainey, Mark & Russel, John
- Registered owner
- Gainey, Mark & Russel, John
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- LAR
- Destination
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAR · General Brees Field, runway 21, 7,700 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 464 total · 275 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N68857 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.