# NTSB investigations: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A, MN

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 CEN18LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA300.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Le Sueur, MN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2018 · N9005T · Substantial damage
  > 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 erroneous fuel quantity indications, which resulted in fuel…
- [NTSB CEN14CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA391.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Osage, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 25, 2014 · N161SH · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel, which resulted in the pilot's forced landing and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to operate the helicopter without resolving the fuel…
- [NTSB CEN13LA537](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA537.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Arlington, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 2013 · N9005T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter while maneuvering when he removed his hand from the collective control while plugging in his radio connection to his helmet, which resulted in the collective moving to the full-down position.
- [NTSB CHI97LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA306.md): Bell 47 · Pipestone, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1997 · N9005T · Substantial damage
  > the fracture of the pitch control rod assembly.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MN' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2390101'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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