N671LA Registration Data
Learn More about the DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 NG
Oct. 6, Port Alsworth, Alaska / Helio Courier
At about 15:15 Alaska time, a float-equipped Helio H-295 was damaged during a forced landing about 35 miles northeast of Port Alsworth. The pilot received minor injuries. The flight was en route to Anchorage when the engine began to run rough and lose power. The airplane collided with trees during a subsequent forced landing. Post-crash investigations found about 10 cc of clear water in the carburetor body drain plug. A visual inspection of the airplanes gascolator revealed the presence of about two cups of murky and silty water. The accident pilot stated that he had checked the accident airplanes fuel system for contaminants by draining a fuel sample from the gascolator....
As seen on:
We Fly: Just Aircraft SuperSTOL
No other airplane I’ve flown can do what the SuperSTOL can. STOL, as you know, stands for “short takeoff and landing.” SuperSTOL, then, implies really short takeoffs and landings, made possible by the airplane’s huge 45-degree fowler flaps and self-deploying leading-edge slats, designs borrowed from the Helio Courier bush plane and scaled to fit this diminutive two-seat experimental amateur-built kitplane.
As seen on:
The Clandestine Legacy of the Helio Twin Courier
Designed during an era of twin fever, the expeditionary H-500 blended rotary-wing utility and fixed-wing speed.
As seen on: