# Accident 20180726014749A: Continental Copters Inc. TOMCAT MK5A, Lesueur, MN, July 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2018, 19:00 local time
- Place: Lesueur, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: CUHG
- Location: 44.4714° N, 93.7447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4714&lon=-93.7447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9005T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9005T) (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: 327 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180726014749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED AT DUSK. POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING.   RAN OUT OF FUEL.  AUTOROTATION WAS NOT EXISTENT.

## 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 CEN18LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA300), Jul 27, 2018: Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A (N9005T), Le Sueur, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, during which he did not visually check the fuel quantity in the fuel tanks and instead relied on the fuel gauges that were showing…

## Other reports on N9005T (2)

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

- [Accident 20130906017709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130906017709A), Sep 6, 2013: Continental Copters Inc. TOMCAT MK5A (N9005T), Arlington, MN, Substantial damage. According to the pilot's statement, while transitioning between fields in level cruise at between 300' and 400' AGL, the pilot transferred his left hand to the…
- [Accident 19970930029419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930029419A), Sep 30, 1997: Ccoptr TOMCATMK5A (N9005T), Pipestone Count, MN, Substantial damage. Collided with ground during ag operations. (.4) the pilot stated that while he was ferrying the helicopter to the next field he, `heard a loud bang from…

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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