# NTSB investigations: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB MIA91LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA220.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Bay Springs, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1991 · N9010T · Substantial damage
  > Total loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing.
- [NTSB MIA88LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA250.md): Continental Copters MK-5A · Valley Park, MS · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1988 · N9086T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he thought he had 8 gallons of fuel prior to takeoff. The engine failed about 100 ft AGL and he attempted to stretch the glide of the helicopter by using collective pitch. The aircraft hit hard and rolled over. Only 1 quart of fuel was…
- [NTSB MIA86LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA228.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Indiantown, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1986 · N9086T · Substantial damage
  > The aerial application helicopter crashed just after lift-off after sustaining a power failure, the plt stated that he thought the reason for the failure could have been fuel starvation since he had observed some foreign matter in the fuel when he drained the…
- [NTSB LAX84LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA041.md): Continental Copters Tomcat Mark 5A · Castroville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 1983 · N9092T · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter landed hard during a forced landing after a power loss. The accident occurred on the last swath run. When the engine stopped the acft was 6 ft AGL. The pilot reported that the engine stopped from fuel starvation. On recommendation for…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2390101')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2390101&occurrence=353

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