# Incident 19950902045209I: Skrsky S76, Leesville, LA, September 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1995, 16:15 local time
- Place: Leesville, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AC2A
- 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: N5402T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5402T-2023-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76 (registry code 8143010, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,600 total, 3,117 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950902045209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING APPROACH TO THE PLATFORM, WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST ON THE AXIS OF THE APPROACH. UPON CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF THE PLATFORM, THE AIRCRAFT SINK RATE INCREASED AND THE PILOT REPORTED POWER WAS APPLIED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 PERCENT FOR CORRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE DECK FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED SLIGHTLY FORWARD, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND THE COLLECTIVE PITCH WAS LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE UNTIL THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE COPILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DISCOVERED BOTH MAIN GEARS HAD COLLAPSED REARWARD. AFTER ALL PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE WAS OFF LOADED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SAFETY NETTING OR HELIPAD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5402T (1)

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

- [Incident 20110305003579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110305003579I), Mar 5, 2011: Sikorsky S-76 (N5402T), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. Instructor pilot failed to complete the landing checklist during one engine out training and did not lower the landing gear. PIC stated that aircraft was at…

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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