# Accident 19880810033729A: Bell OH13HMK5A, Redkey, IN, August 10, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1988, 12:15 local time
- Place: Redkey, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HNHG
- Location: 40.4299° N, 84.9796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4299&lon=-84.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25561, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25561) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters-Transworld TOM CAT MARK 5A (registry code 2390301, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-transworld-tom-cat-mark-5a) (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*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,074 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88DEX11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEX11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880810033729A

## Narrative

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

ON A SPRAY TURN AROUND, CRASHED AFTER STRIKING A TREE. HIGH LEVEL OF MEDICAL DRUGS IN PILOT.

## 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 CHI88DEX11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEX11), Aug 10, 1988: Continental Copters MK-5 (N25561), Redkey, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OF THE PILOT DUE TO DRUGS WHICH RESULTED IN A MISJUDGED APPROACH AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH TREES DURING THE APPROACH TO AN AERIAL APPLICATION SWATH RUN.

## Other reports on N25561 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010529017659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010529017659A), May 29, 2001: Ccoptr TOMCATMK5A (N25561), Benton, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) In may 29, 2001, about 0718 eastern daylight time, a Continental copters tom cat mark 5A (a modified bel 47 helicopter), N25561, was substantially…

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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