# Incident 19950214010249I: Skrsky S76A, Patterson, LA, February 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1995, 11:00 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Airport: Gulf Of Mexico
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N5414X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5414X-2010-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76 (registry code 8143010, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950214010249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 14, 1995, A SIKORSKY S76A HELICOPTER, EXPERIENCED A BINDING IN THE ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS. THE PEDALS SUBSEQUENTLY WENT FULL LEFT DEFLECTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO PATTERSON, LOUISIANA, WHERE A SUCCESSFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREEN CANYON, BLOCK 18, IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, AT 11:00 A.M., ON FEBRUARY 14, 1995. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE TWO PILOTS AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS THAT THE TEFLON COATING ON THE STAINLESS STEEL ANTI-TORQUE CONTROL SHAFT HAD DISBANDED IN A SMALL AREA. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

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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