# Accident 19780916024019A: Texhel OH13HTEXHE, Firebaugh, CA, September 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1978
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 36.8511° N, 120.4526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Firebaugh, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8511&lon=-120.4526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51843, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51843-1989-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A (registry code 8930105, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13h-m74a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXHEL OH13HTEXHE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVA85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVA85) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916024019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TIE DOWN STRAP ACROSS LEFT SKID CAUGHT ON TRAILER AND TETHERED HEPER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK78FVA85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVA85), Sep 16, 1978: Bell H13H (N51843), Firebaugh, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N51843 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871211079149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211079149A), Dec 11, 1987: Bell OH13M74TEXH (N51843), Petaluma, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with wires at end of spray run. Lost control. Hit a fence. Came to rest upside down.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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