# Accident 20130108000529A: Bell OH-58C, Lemoore, CA, January 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lemoore, CA
- Airport: Reeves Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PWDG
- Location: 36.3331° N, 119.8250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3331&lon=-119.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911PT-2013-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58C (registry code 1181580, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison T63-A-720 (registry code 03083, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-t63-a-720) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH-58C
- Reported engine: ALLISON T63-A-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130108000529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS SPRAYING FIELDS WHEN HE NOTICED IN A TURN THAT HE COULD NO LONGER TURN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT BY USE OF HIS CYCLIC. PILOT USED PEDALS TO TURN AIRCRAFT BUT EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN A ROLL PRIOR TO AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON IT'S RIGHT SIDE. WAITING ON AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

## 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 WPR13LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA087), Jan 8, 2013: Bell OH-58C (N911PT), Riverdale, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A flight control malfunction while maneuvering for reasons that could not be determined because it was not possible to establish whether observed damage to the flight control assembly was the result…

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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