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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S76 · Ship Shoal 134b, LA · August 14, 1985

Date
August 14, 1985 · 15:15 local
Place
Ship Shoal 134b, LA
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N702AL
Reported as
Skrsky S76
Reported engine
Allison 250C30S
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,971 total1,498 in this make and model251 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.

While loading passenger threw a stick overboard and struck rotor blade. Damage found on post flight inspection.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LOADING PASSENGER THREW A STICK OVERBOARD AND STRUCK ROTOR BLADE. DAMAGE FOUND ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION.