# Accident 20140528007559A: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A, Fort Ripley, MN, May 28, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2014, 10:15 local time
- Place: Fort Ripley, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KJPG
- Location: 46.1083° N, 94.3469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1083&lon=-94.3469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51853, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51853-2018-02-28) (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: TEXAS HELICOPTER CORP OH-13H/M74A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,370 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA418) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140528007559A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION ON A FIELD THE AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR MADE CONTACT WITH A TREE, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 70 YARDS AND CRASHED INTO THE ROOF OF A STRUCTURE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES WHICH BECAME FATAL ON 06/05/2014.

## 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 CEN14LA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA418), May 28, 2014: Texas Helicopter OH 13H/M74A (N51853), Little Falls, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree at the edge of a field that he was spraying.

## Other reports on N51853 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810925064169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925064169A), Sep 25, 1981: Bell OH13HTEXHELI (N51853), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Struck telephone wires on pullup from a spray run. Wires tangled in main rotors.

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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