# Incident 19850626041039I: Skrsky S76A, Patterson, LA, June 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1985, 06:00 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Airport: Harry P Weilliams
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- 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: N708AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N708AL-1995-10-27) (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: 4,233 total, 987 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850626041039I

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSION HEARD ON TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, LANDED AND EVACUATED. RUPTURED OUTER COMBUSTION CASE.

## Other reports on N708AL (2)

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

- [Incident 19941217047829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941217047829I), Dec 17, 1994: Skrsky S76A (N708AL), Gulf Of Mexico, LA. Offshore takeoff NR2 hydro system light came on. Gear staved down. Returned to platform. Blew gear down.
- [Incident 19910423029339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910423029339I), Apr 23, 1991: Skrsky S76A (N708AL), Grand Chenier, LA, Minor damage. Small hole was found in vertical fin after flight. Caused by applying aft cyclic and lowering collective full down.

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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