# Accident 19910617022219A: Skrsky S76A, Ship Shoal 209k, LA, June 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1991, 07:00 local time
- Place: Ship Shoal 209k, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Aircraft: N5418N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5418N-1991-12-03) (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 250C30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,154 total, 5,305 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910617022219A

## Narrative

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

ROTATED RIGHT ON TAKEOFF FROM HOVER. SIC PULLED ENGINE SPEED LEVERS. IMPACTED WATER.

## 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 FTW91LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA098), Jun 17, 1991: Sikorsky S76A (N5418N), Ship Shoal 290k, destroyed. Probable cause: THE COPILOT'S REDUCTION OF POWER TO GROUND IDLE ON BOTH ENGINES. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S POOR LANDING TECHNIQUE AND HIS FAILURE TO ESTABLISH ADEQUATE CREW COORDINATION.

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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