# Accident 19810925064169A: Bell OH13HTEXHELI, Yuma, AZ, September 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51853, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51853-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A (registry code 8930105, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13h-m74a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13HTEXHELI
- Reported engine: LYC VO435*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,369 total, 618 in this make and model, 320 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUK10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925064169A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TELEPHONE WIRES ON PULLUP FROM A SPRAY RUN. WIRES TANGLED IN MAIN ROTORS.

## 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 LAX81DUK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUK10), Sep 25, 1981: Texas Hel OH-13H (N51853), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N51853 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140528007559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140528007559A), May 28, 2014: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A (N51853), Fort Ripley, MN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. While conducting aerial application on a field the aircraft tail rotor made contact with a tree, traveled approximately 70 yards and crashed into the roof of a…

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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