# Incident 19860511032329I: Bell OH13HMK5A, North Mancheste, IN, May 11, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1986, 10:20 local time
- Place: North Mancheste, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.0043° N, 85.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Manchester, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0043&lon=-85.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1442Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1442Z-1999-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK6C (registry code 2390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk6c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13HMK5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860511032329I

## Narrative

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

WHILE SPRAYING A FIELD, A MAN ON THE GROUND FIRED A SHOTGUN AT THE AIRCRAFT. PELLETS STRUCK BLADES AND GAS TANKS.

## Other reports on N1442Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19900727030569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900727030569A), Jul 27, 1990: Bell OH13HMK5A (N1442Z), Constantine, MI, Substantial damage. Struck and cut powerlines and crashed. Was flying between wires and irrigation rig on first spray run.

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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