# NTSB Accident ANC09LA023
> **HELIO H-295** · 2009-03-14 · Healy, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC09LA023
- **Event ID:** 20090314X10623
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2009-03-14
- **Location:** Healy, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 63.748611, -150.329437
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HELIO
- **Model:** H-295
- **Registration:** N6478V
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's delay in initiating a climb while he was packing snow with the airplane's skis in preparation for landing, resulting in a collision with brush.

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