Helio Acft H-250 N5454E

23 April 1966 · James Creek Pa, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 23 April 1966 at about 12:30 local time, a Helio Acft H-250 registered N5454E was involved in an accident during in flight near James Creek Pa, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 April 1966 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: James Creek Pa, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Helio Acft H-250
Registration: N5454E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0937

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	0	2	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE IN A NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE, AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0937, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Helio Acft H-250 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Apr 1967	Helio Acft H-250 N5460E	Traverse City, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1967	Helio Acft H-250 N5457E	Hacketstown, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Aug 1967	Helio Acft H-250 N6305V	Buckland, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Teller Air SER	No injuries	-
19 Jan 1968	Helio Acft H-250 N5452E	Youngstown, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Edward J.debar	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1970	Helio Acft H-250 N5456E	Durango, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1971	Helio Acft H-250 N5463E	Kobuk, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Anthony Bernha	No injuries	-

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