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FTW81FPD13

1981-02-03 · GRAYFORD, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N5399G

Make / Model
HELIO HT-295
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790821
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6D576

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HELIO HT-295 · N5399G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
J
Airport
POSSUM KINGDOM
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 12 kt
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000066-14358
Total time
2,391 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,541
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOW IN BOTH CYLS.

Investigator remarks

LOST BRAKES,UN TO STOP OR STEER.FND BRAKE FLUID

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CJ A
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AK A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW FLUID LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1761. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1761.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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