# Accident 19800903067089A: Skrsky S76A, Patterson, LA, September 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1980, 10:05 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.6909° N, 91.3095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patterson, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6909&lon=-91.3095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N766AL-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76A (registry code 8143006, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,485 total, 28 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903067089A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HELICOPTER PILOT TRIED TO TURN AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING ON PLATFORM. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 FTW80FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA111), Sep 3, 1980: Sikorsky S-76 (N766AL), Patterson, LA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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