# Accident 20040709026369A: Bell OH13H, St. Cloud, MN, July 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: St. Cloud, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KJPG
- Location: 47.3019° N, 95.9153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3019&lon=-95.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10009, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10009) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A (registry code 8930105, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13h-m74a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13H
- Reported engine: LYC O43525A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,410 total, 1,998 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709026369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE RETURNING FROM AN AGRICULTURAL AIR APPLICATION OPERATION, THE PILOT APPROACHED THE TRUCK LANDING PAD HEAVIER THAN USUAL DUE TO 25 GALLONS OF SPRAY MIX STILL IN THE HOPPER. APPROACH TO LANDING WAS ALSO ACCOMPLISHED WITH A SLIGHT TAILWIND DUE TO A LAST MINUTE WIND SWITCH. THE HELICOPTER STARTED TO SETTLE AND EXPERIENCED MAIN ROTOR DECAY DESPITE FORWARD CYCLIC AND FULL POWER. THE HELICOPTER CONTACTED THE TRUCK PAD WITH THE LANDING SKIDS NOT FAR ENOUGH FORWARD TO SUPPORT THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE HELICOPTER. THE SKIDS WERE ABOUT HALF WAY ONTO THE PAD WHEN IT STARTED TO FALL BACKWARDS, ROLLING TO THE RIGHT AS IT DID SO.

## 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 CHI04CA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA180), Jul 9, 2004: Texas Helicopter M-74 (N10009), Clear Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain a proper glidepath to the landing zone. A factor was the truck pad.

## Other reports on N10009 (3)

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

- [Accident 20160725011569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160725011569A), Jul 25, 2016: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A (N10009), Minonk, IL, Substantial damage. On July 25, 2016, approximately 1050 local time, a Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A, N10009, was Substantially damaged during loading operations near Minonk,…
- [Accident 20130729014049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130729014049A), Jul 29, 2013: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A (N10009), Leonore, IL, Destroyed. On July 29, 2013, at approximately 0605 CDT, N10009 a Texas helicopter OH-13H/M47A, impacted the ground in a corn field near [privacy data omitted], Leonore…
- [Accident 20110727016969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110727016969A), Jul 27, 2011: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A (N10009), Creston, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot had been Flying all day. He returned to base and in the process of landing, he hooked a skid and rolled over.

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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