# NTSB CHI94T#A02: Continental Copters MK 5 Tomcat, N9043T, Minot, ND, July 5, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1994, 20:00 local (Jul 5, 1994, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Minot, ND
- Coordinates: 48.230495, -101.290092 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2305&lon=-101.2901&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Completed
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9706
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94T#A02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9706/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94T%23A02

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9043T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9043T), registered now, S/N CCI74-10, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Continental Copters MK 5 TOMCAT (MK 5 TOMCA)
- Registry model: [Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5a) (registry code 2390101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming VO-435 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (registry code 41525, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Public aircraft, Public use
- Operator: Ward County North Dakota, doing business as Ward County Weed Control
- Departed: MOT
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MOT

## Other investigations on N9043T (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 CHI76FEC47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC47), Jun 16, 1976: EL Tomcat MK-5A (N9043T), Blissfield, MI, destroyed

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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