# Incident 19811007076419I: Skrsky S76A, Gulf Of Mexico, LA, October 7, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1981, 08:41 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1546K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1546K-2017-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76A (registry code 8143006, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1S1 (registry code 60032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1s1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,697 total, 467 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811007076419I

## Narrative

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

COLLECTIVE PITCH CONTROL BINDING, MADE LANDING RUN SUCCESSFULLY, FOUND WORN INTERNAL SLOTS IN TAIL GEAR BOX.

## Other reports on N1546K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950531027259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950531027259I), May 31, 1995: Skrsky S76A (N1546K), Houma, LA. Oil pressure light came on. Low oil pressure smelled oil, shut engine down. Defective oil filter cap.
- [Incident 19900612046039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900612046039I), Jun 12, 1990: Skrsky S76A (N1546K), Amelia, LA, Substantial damage. On engine start helicopter began to spin. Unable to control. Tail rotor sevro rod not connected.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.