# Accident 20100610005279A: Texas Helic OH-13E/M74, Los Banos, CA, June 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2010, 20:40 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Airport: Los Banos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PWFG
- Location: 36.9833° N, 120.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9833&lon=-120.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38110, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74 (registry code 8930103, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13e-m74) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXAS HELIC OH-13E/M74
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO435A1F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,116 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100610005279A

## Narrative

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

DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION, THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO CRASH.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACCIDENT.  THIS ACCIDENT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE AND MAIN / TAIL BLADES.  THE ENGINE APPEARED TO HAVE NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS.

## 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 WPR10CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA285), Jun 11, 2010: Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74 (N38110), Los Banos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot's failure to verify the fuel quantity onboard.

## Other reports on N38110 (2)

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

- [Accident 19931228047319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931228047319A), Dec 28, 1993: Bell OH13EM74 (N38110), Los Banos, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit while manuevering on a spray run. Impact hard on autoration landing. Chopped tail. Carburetor icing.
- [Accident 19810925062909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925062909A), Sep 25, 1981: Bell OH13M74TEXH (N38110), Blythe, CA, Substantial damage. Indication of dropping rotor rpms. Crashed on believed emergency landing. Found sheared tach and generator shafts.

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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