Helio H 250 N333TB

Summary

On 19 September 2014 at about 16:00 local time, a Helio H 250 registered N333TB was involved in an accident near Arctic Village, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 September 2014 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Arctic Village, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

68.0908, -145.5996

Aircraft

Helio H 250

Registration

N333TB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Arctic Village → Circle

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC14CA087

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing/takeoff area, resulting in an inflight collision with terrain during takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was departing from a remote, gravel-covered, 800-foot long off-airport site, in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident the airplane had been loaded at, or near the airplane's maximum gross weight limit. He said that shortly after the airplane became airborne, the tailwheel contacted an area of rising terrain causing the airplane to lose airspeed. The airplane subsequently collided with terrain at the departure end of the site, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.