Continental 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Continental Copters Inc
- Model
- TOMCAT MK5A · all TOMCAT MK5As and related versions
- Serial number
- CCI-74-1
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1974
- Transponder code
- AC7245 (octal 53071105)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 3, 2011
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · March 8, 1974
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00140923
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scotts Helicopter Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
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]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN18LA300 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA537 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47 · operated under 137
the fracture of the pitch control rod assembly.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI97LA306 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data