# Accident 19790302003949A: Ccoptr OH13HCCOPTER, Shafter, CA, March 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1979, 00:10 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5005° N, 119.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shafter, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5005&lon=-119.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9001T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9001T-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A (registry code 2390101, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CCOPTR OH13HCCOPTER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,791 total, 20 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302003949A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS SEEN TO DESCEND VERTICALLY, CRASHED, AND BURNED. ENGINE OVERSPEED WAS HEARD PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 LAX79FVA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA18), Mar 2, 1979: Bell OH13H (N9001T), Shafter, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N9001T (2)

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

- [Accident 19761004031699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761004031699A), Oct 4, 1976: Bell 47G2 (N9001T), Wasco, CA, Substantial damage. Flared because of vibration, t/r hit cotton plants & turned over.
- [Accident 19750625019229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750625019229A), Jun 25, 1975: Bell 47G2 (N9001T), Gridley, CA, Destroyed. Hit wires.

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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