# Accident 19790821026459A: Texhel OH13ETEXHELI, Ehrenberg, AZ, August 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Ehrenberg, AZ
- Airport: Blythe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.6142° N, 114.4830° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ehrenberg, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6142&lon=-114.4830&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38105, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38105-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74 (registry code 8930103, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13e-m74) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXHEL OH13ETEXHELI
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,675 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790821026459A

## Narrative

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

FAILURE OF TAIL ROTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY.

## 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 LAX79DUK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK09), Aug 21, 1979: Bell M-74 (N38105), Ehrenberg, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N38105 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810705038489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810705038489A), Jul 5, 1981: Bell OH13M74TEXH (N38105), Blythe, CA, Destroyed. Bearing on tail rotor drive failed during ag operation. Helicopter self destructed on emergency landing.

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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