# Accident 20130326004129A: Hughes OH-6A, Caddo, TX, March 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2013, 13:35 local time
- Place: Caddo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7072° N, 98.6242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7072&lon=-98.6242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N910WC-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes OH-6A (registry code 4470905, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES OH-6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 564 total, 179 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130326004129A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1337 CDT, A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS OPERATING THE OH6A HELICOPTER AND LOST TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS (LTE), WHILE DESCENDING FOR A LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AND CRASHED IN A FARM POND.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, BUT A PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED IN THE ACCIDENT.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED  FROM BOURLAND FIELD AIRPORT (50F), 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS ON MARCH 26, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 CDT FOR A VFR FLIGHT TO THE WALKING CANE RANCH, 3 MILES EAST OF CADDO, TEXAS.

## 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 CEN13FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA205), Mar 26, 2013: Hughes OH-6A (N910WC), Caddo, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during landing.

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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