Continental TOMCAT MK6C N9098T

Summary

On 5 May 1982 at about 21:30 local time, a Continental TOMCAT MK6C registered N9098T, operated by Tell AG Service, was involved in an accident near Cottonport, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 May 1982 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cottonport, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Continental TOMCAT MK6C

Registration

N9098T

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Tell AG Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cottonport → Cottonport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82FRJ10

1 person died.

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

THE PLT WAS FAMILIARIZING HIMSELF WITH THE ACFT & THE LOCAL AREA. THE PLT'S LOG BOOK SHOWED ONLY ONE HOUR OF FLT TIME LOGGED BETWEEN 9/23/81 & THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING FOR SOME TIME OVER THE CITY AT 300-400 FT AGL MAKING FIGURE 8 PATTERNS OR MANEUVERS SIMILAR TO AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING. THEY ALSO OBSERVED DEBRIS FALLINGFROM THE ACFT PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT WAS FOUND 3 BLOCKS FROM THE WRECKAGE & WAS FOUND BROKEN INTO 5 PIECES APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY THE MAIN ROTOR (M/R) BLADES. THE TAIL BOOM WAS BROKEN INTO 30-40 PIECES. THE STATIC STOP HAD INDICATIONS OF HEAVY CONTACT WITHIN THE M/R GIMBAL. THE STOP APPEARED TO BE BENT SEVERELY WHICH INDICATED EXCESSIVE FLAPPING OF THE M/R BLADES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.