# Accident 20030709020039A: Ccoptr TOMCATMK6B, Fort Yates, ND, July 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2003, 08:45 local time
- Place: Fort Yates, ND
- Airport: Standing Rock Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.0664° N, 100.6347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0664&lon=-100.6347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9080T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9080T-2014-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK6B (registry code 2390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk6b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CCOPTR TOMCATMK6B
- Reported engine: LYC VO435*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030709020039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST LIFTED OFF FROM THE SUPPORT TRUCK WITH A LOAD OF CHEMICAL AND FUEL AND TOOK OFF INTO THE WIND. HE MADE A WIDE SWING TO THE EAST TO LINE UP ON A SWATH HEADING NORTH. WHEN HE GOT ALMOST LINED UP, HE FELT THE HELICOPTER BEGIN TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND HE PUSHED THE CYCLIC FORWARD TO GAIN AIRSPEED, BUT SEEMED TO BE IN HIS OWN ROTORWASH AND KEPT LOSING ALTITUDE. HE THEN FLARED TO SLOW HIS GROUNDSPEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND. HE THEN STARTED TO SLIDE IN THE POTATO FIELD AND POTATO VINES CAUGHT THE SPRAY BOOMS CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO NOSE OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.

## 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 CHI03LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA204), Jul 9, 2003: Continental Copters MK6B (N9080T), Ft. Yates, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent settling with power and unsuccessful remedial action by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the potato crop.

## Other reports on N9080T (3)

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

- [Incident 19950705026169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950705026169I), Jul 5, 1995: Ccoptr TOMCATMK5A (N9080T), Morven, GA, Minor damage. Ran out of fuel during spray runs. Hard landing between blowed rows. Main rotors struck tail section.
- [Accident 19880601060419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601060419A), Jun 1, 1988: Tomcat OH13HMK6B (N9080T), Callahan, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on spray run. Landed hard. TO0 low to autorotate. Accessory drive gear failed. Dowel pins not installed
- [Accident 19821015055799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821015055799A), Oct 15, 1982: Tomcat OH13HMK6B (N9080T), Cope, SC, Destroyed. Ground crew failed to unfasten a skid tiedown. Pilot lost control on lift off from a trailer as the chain failed

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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