# Accident 19820505013959A: Bell OH13HMK6C, Cottonport, LA, May 5, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cottonport, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9892° N, 92.0510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottonport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9892&lon=-92.0510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9098T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9098T-1991-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK6C (registry code 2390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk6c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13HMK6C
- Reported engine: LYC O43525
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,699 total, 533 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820505013959A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR BLADE CUT INTO TAIL ROTOR SHORT SHAFT CAUSING BREAKUP IN MID AIR.

## 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 FTW82FRJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ10), May 5, 1982: Continental Tomcat MK6C (N9098T), Cottonport, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N9098T (1)

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

- [Accident 19810919071469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810919071469A), Sep 19, 1981: Bell OH13HMK6C (N9098T), Ramah, LA, Substantial damage. Testing autorotation and collective. Engine quit. RPM low on flare. Impact caused main rotor to chop off tailboom.

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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