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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A
N9005T is a Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1974. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Scotts Helicopter Service INC, a corporation in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 3, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Continental Copters Inc
- Model
- TOMCAT MK5A · all TOMCAT MK5As and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- CCI-74-1
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1974
- Transponder code
- AC7245 (octal 53071105)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 3, 2011
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 8, 1974
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00140923
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scotts Helicopter Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 92
Le Sueur, MN 56058-0092
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N9005T links to the rest of the register
- Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A 11 registered
- Continental Copters Inc 15 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate H5SW · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Scotts Helicopter Service INC 22 aircraft in the fleet
- Le Sueur, MN 83 aircraft registered in this town
- LE Sueur Municipal · 12Y
- Minnesota 6,946 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N9005T, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Scotts Helicopter Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 3, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCI-74-1 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9005T was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182C (serial 52905, cancelled January 30, 1962). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
3 NTSB records under N9005T: Accident on July 27, 2018 at Le Sueur, MN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 6, 2013 at Arlington, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 30, 1997 at Pipestone, MN: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Continental Copters INC. TOMCAT MK5A · operated under 137
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 exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power during cruise flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Continental Copters INC. TOMCAT MK5A · operated under 137
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47 · operated under 137
the fracture of the pitch control rod assembly.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data