# Accident 19860805037749A: Bell OH13HMK5A, Indiantown, FL, August 5, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1986, 12:00 local time
- Place: Indiantown, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 27.0400° N, 80.4882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indiantown, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0400&lon=-80.4882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9086T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9086T-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A (registry code 2390101, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13HMK5A
- Reported engine: LYC VO435*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,927 total, 0 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860805037749A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT WAS OPERATING HELICOPTER TO SPRAY CROPS WITHOUT 137 CERTIFICATE.

## 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 MIA86LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA228), Aug 5, 1986: Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A (N9086T), Indiantown, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9086T (2)

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

- [Accident 19990714009359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990714009359A), Jul 14, 1999: Ccoptr TOMCATMK5A (N9086T), Camden, AL, Substantial damage. Acft was involved in aerial application when the flight controls failed, the pilot lost control of the acft, and the acft crashed. (.4)the pilot had completed…
- [Accident 19880810033689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880810033689A), Aug 10, 1988: Bell OH13HMK5A (N9086T), Valley Park, MS, Substantial damage. Out of fuel shortly after takeoff. Ran out of rotor speed clearing wires. Causing a hard landing and damage.

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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