# Accident 19840501024669A: Skrsky S76A, Freeport, LA, May 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1984, 13:58 local time
- Place: Freeport, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Aircraft: N763AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N763AL-1988-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76A (registry code 8143006, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30S
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,092 total, 348 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840501024669A

## Narrative

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

TURBINE TO COMPRESSOR COUPLING FAILURE, NR 1 ENGINE TURBINE SEPARATED, HIT NR 2 ENGINE AND AC DC JUNCTION BOXES.

## 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 FTW84FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA216), May 1, 1984: Sikorsky S-76A (N763AL), High Isl Blk595, substantial damage

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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