NTSB Identification: SEA85LA094.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 27771.
Accident occurred Sunday, April 21, 1985 in JOHN DAY, OR
Aircraft: HELIO H-295, registration: N94747
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.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.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
WING..ICE
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER..CONTINUED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..HIGH TERRAIN
Contributing Factors
VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC..INADVERTENT..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..LOW CEILING
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..RAIN
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..ICING CONDITIONS
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