19941207046659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S76 · Venice, LA · December 7, 1994

Date
December 7, 1994 · 08:55 local
Place
Venice, LA
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N701AL
Reported as
Skrsky S76
Reported engine
Allison 250C30
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,789 total4,421 in this make and model109 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.

During hover taxi. Engine lost power. Dropped to ground. Collapsed left gear. Pilot held craft level to unload.

As the FAA filed it

DURING HOVER TAXI. ENGINE LOST POWER. DROPPED TO GROUND. COLLAPSED LEFT GEAR. PILOT HELD CRAFT LEVEL TO UNLOAD.