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| Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1991 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Helio H-295 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N456JH |
| MSN: | 1231 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming GO-480 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Alsworth, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Stony River, AK |
| Mulchatna River, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE FLYING AT ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN & APPROACHING A SADDLE, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT. DESPITE THE ADDITION OF FULL POWER, THE AIRPLANE CONTINED TO DESCEND UNTIL IT CONTACTED THE GROUND & NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE RISING TERRAIN AND A DOWNDRAFT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91LA093
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1988 | N456JH | Harrower, James | 0 | Anchorage, AK | |
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| 19-Mar-2024 20:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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