# Accident 20150614007529A: Continental Copters Inc. TOMCAT MK5A, Downsville, WI, June 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Downsville, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: CUHG
- Location: 44.7764° N, 91.7419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7764&lon=-91.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9045T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9045T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A (registry code 2390101, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONTINENTAL COPTERS INC. TOMCAT MK5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 200 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150614007529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATIONS.  AFTER LOADING CHEMICAL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PLATFORM ON TOP OF THE SERVICE TRUCK.  PILOT STATED THAT HE NOSED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO GAIN EFFECTIVE TRANSITIONAL LIFT (ETL). THE PILOT THEN PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP AND IT SETTLED CLOSE TO THE GROUND.  THE SPRAY BOOMS CONTACTED THE VEGETATION IN THE FIELD AND FOLDED IN.  THE AIRCRAFT SKID OR CENTER BOOM THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND AND ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT.  THE LEFT SKID THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN ON IT'S SIDE.  THE MAIN ROTOR THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA15CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA122), Jun 14, 2015: Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A (N9045T), Elk Mound, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a positive rate of climb after taking off from the service truck, which resulted in the helicopter impacting terrain.

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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