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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S-76A · Sabine Pass, TX · June 17, 1982

Date
June 17, 1982 · 08:42 local
Place
Sabine Pass, TX
Airport
Oil Rig 494
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5009M
Reported as
Skrsky S76A
Reported engine
Allison 250C30
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total450 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot approached rig too fast and touched deck as he tried to slow down. Left main folded on landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT APPROACHED RIG TOO FAST AND TOUCHED DECK AS HE TRIED TO SLOW DOWN. LEFT MAIN FOLDED ON LANDING.