# Accident 19810925062909A: Bell OH13M74TEXH, Blythe, CA, September 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1981, 04:30 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38110, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38110) (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: BELL OH13M74TEXH
- Reported engine: LYC VO435A1F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,384 total, 126 in this make and model, 520 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925062909A

## Narrative

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

INDICATION OF DROPPING ROTOR RPMS. CRASHED ON BELIEVED EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUND SHEARED TACH AND GENERATOR SHAFTS.

## 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 LAX81DUG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG52), Sep 25, 1981: Texas Hel OH-13E (N38110), Blythe, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N38110 (2)

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

- [Accident 20100610005279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100610005279A), Jun 10, 2010: Texas Helic OH-13E/M74 (N38110), Los Banos, CA, Substantial damage. During an aerial application, the engine quit operating causing the helicopter to crash. There were no injuries associated with this accident. This accident…
- [Accident 19931228047319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931228047319A), Dec 28, 1993: Bell OH13EM74 (N38110), Los Banos, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit while manuevering on a spray run. Impact hard on autoration landing. Chopped tail. Carburetor icing.

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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