# Accident 19890814029299A: Tomcat OH13HMK6B, Quitman, MS, August 14, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1989, 12:40 local time
- Place: Quitman, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KEOG
- Location: 32.0392° N, 88.7204° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0392&lon=-88.7204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9085T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9085T-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK6C (registry code 2390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk6c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOMCAT OH13HMK6B
- Reported engine: LYC VO435A1F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 1,260 in this make and model, 520 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890814029299A

## Narrative

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

TAILBOOM ATTACH BOLT HOLE ELONGATED FROM RIDING ON TRAILER ALLOWED BOOM TO BEND UP AND MAIN ROTORS STRUCK THE BOOM.

## 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 MIA89LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA221), Aug 14, 1989: Continental Copters Tomcat MK6C (N9085T), Quitman, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE TAIL BOOM ATTACHMENT.

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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