Texas OH-13-EM-7A N68040

Summary

On 8 July 1983 at about 12:35 local time, a Texas OH-13-EM-7A registered N68040, operated by James Randol Rogers, was involved in an accident near Cedarville, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 July 1983 at 12:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Cedarville, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.5706, -94.3696

Aircraft

Texas OH-13-EM-7A

Registration

N68040

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

James Randol Rogers

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83FA323

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 PILOT WAS USING AN IMPROVISED HYDRAULIC VERTICAL SAW TO TRIM LIMBS & BRUSH FROM POWERLINES. THE SAW BLADES APPEAR TO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED WHILE THE HELICOPTER WAS MANEUVERING. THE PILOT JETTISONED THE SAW, BUT THE QUICK DISCONNECT HOSES FAILED TO RELEASE AND THE HELICOPTER VEERED INTO THE TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.