{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1974-03-08","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-08-03","city":"LE SUEUR","country_code":"US","county_code":"079","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41525","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"VO-435 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-10","maker":"Continental Copters Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CONTINENTAL COPTERS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2390101","mode_s_code":"53071105","mode_s_hex":"AC7245","model":"TOMCAT MK5A","n_number":"N9005T","name":"SCOTTS HELICOPTER SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Le Sueur","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-07-27","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN18LA300","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N9005T","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on July 27, 2018 at Le Sueur, MN: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Arlington","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-09-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN13LA537","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s 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.","registration":"N9005T","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on September 6, 2013 at Arlington, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"PIPESTONE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-09-30","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI97LA306","probable_cause":"the fracture of the pitch control rod assembly.","registration":"N9005T","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on September 30, 1997 at Pipestone, MN: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Scotts Helicopter Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 3, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCI-74-1 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":3,"serial_number":"CCI-74-1","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 92","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00140923","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9005T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1974,"zip":"560580092"}