NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX83FA100
Registry · N4160D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HELIO H-395
Engine
LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4ECC6
Registrant of record
THOMPSON JOHNNY J E
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH AN ACFT ARRESTING SYSTEM COMPONENT. THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RWY11L. HE DID NOT REPORT ANY DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE ACFT UNTIL HE BEGAN HIS FLARE. AT THAT TIME HE STATED THAT A SLIGHT AIR DISTURBANCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT. HE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THERWY AND GROUND LOOPED. DURING THE GROUND LOOP THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TAPE STORAGE REEL OF THE ACFT ARRESTING SYSTEM.THIS COMPONENT WAS ABOUT 25 FT FROM THE RWY EDGE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1983_LAX83FA100.txt.
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