# Incident 19881116066229I: Skrsky S76A, Leesville, LA, November 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1988, 11:40 local time
- Place: Leesville, LA
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GURA
- Location: 31.1411° N, 93.2842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1411&lon=-93.2842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90421, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90421-2006-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76 (registry code 8143010, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30S
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 509 in this make and model, 224 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881116066229I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON DECK. SHIP ROLLED AND HELICOPTER SLID. TOOK OFF. ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. FORCED LANDING ON WATER.

## Other reports on N90421 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050906020739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050906020739A), Sep 6, 2005: Skrsky S76A (N90421), Sabine Pass, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On September 6, 2005, a Sikorsky sk 76-A, N90421, departed on a flight from the bob keller located at N28.04- W94.22 in the gulf of mexico-high island…
- [Incident 20050125001529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050125001529I), Jan 25, 2005: Skrsky S76 (N90421), Cameron, LA, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 0730, N90421, a SK-76A with 10 passengers and a crew of 2 were due to depart Cameron, LA. To an offshore platform (HI-296). Pilots were…

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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