# NTSB CHI85FEX04: Texas Helicopter OH13E/M74, N10000, Veedersburg, IN, July 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1985, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: Veedersburg, IN
- Coordinates: 40.109325, -87.249526 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1093&lon=-87.2495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85FEX04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12902/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FEX04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED DURING A HARD FORCED LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FLD FOLLOWING A LOSS OF PWR. INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER REVEALED THE CARBURETOR, FUEL FILTER AND FUEL TANK WERE VOID OF FUEL. THE PLT RECEIVED RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT AND PASSED AWAY AT A LATER DATE FROM THOSE INJURIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10000](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10000-2002-05-13), registration cancelled 2002-05-13, S/N 79-029, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXAS HELICOPTER OH13E/M74
- Registry model: [Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A](https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13h-m74a) (registry code 8930105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming VO-435 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (registry code 41525, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 79-029
- Airframe hours: 716
- Engines: LYCOMING VO-435-A1E 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Illiana Helicopter Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 1985, 409 hours before
- Departed: VEEDERSBURG, IN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 2,824 total, 46 in this make and model, 2,503 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850717031709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850717031709A), Jul 17, 1985: Bell OH13HTEXHELI, Veedersburg, IN, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel. Impacted in a soy bean field during the emergency landing.

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.

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