Tom Cat I N9002T

1 May 1980 · Watsonville, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 May 1980 at about 06:30 local time, a Tom Cat I registered N9002T, operated by Gomes Farm Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Watsonville, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 May 1980 at 06:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Watsonville, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Tom Cat I
Registration: N9002T
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Gomes Farm Air
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1634

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

TAIL ROTOR BLADE, PN 47-642-102, FAILED APRX 1232HRS.AD 70-10-08 RQRD REMOVAL BFR 600HRS.CAULIFLOWER

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1634, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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