- Date
- June 16, 1976
- Place
- Blissfield, MI · BLISSFIELD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9043TEL Tomcat MK-5A
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760616016849A
- Case key
- 154825
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2131 76/6/16 BLISSFIELD,MI EL TOMCAT MK-5A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 10702 TIME - 1115 N9043T PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SWANTON,OH BLISSFIELD,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SWASH-PLATE SWIVEL LINK STRAP SEPARATED FM SCISSOR LEVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9043T
- Reported as
- EL Tomcat MK-5A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9043TRegistered now · Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5AAirframe modelContinental Copters TOMCAT MK5AEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9043T · 1
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