# Accident 19790720025759A: Bell OH13H, Solitude, IN, July 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Solitude, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0148° N, 87.8989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Solitude, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0148&lon=-87.8989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51847, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51847-1983-09-20) (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: BELL OH13H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEX33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790720025759A

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, PLT TIED DISASSEMBLED SPRAY BOOM TO SKIDS. BOOM CAME LOOSE, STRUCK MAIN ROTOR BLADE.

## 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 CHI79FEX33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX33), Jul 20, 1979: Texas Heli OH-13 (N51847), Solitude, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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