# Incident 19951017041079I: Skrsky S76B, Chicago, IL, October 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411JW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951017041079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 17, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 CDT A SK-76-B HELICOPTER REGISTERED TO S.C. JOHNSON & SON WAS INVOLVED IN A BIRD STRIKE TO ITS ROTOR BLADES WHILE ON A CORPORATE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED TO ENTER CHICAGO, O'HARE AIRPORT AIRSPACE. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE OF ITS MAIN ROTOR BLADES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO CREW MEMBERS IN THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING. BOTH PILOTS HOLD A&P CERTIFICATES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE RACINE AIRPORT, RACINE, WI AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CDT ON OCTOBER 17, 1995. PIC STATEMENT IS ATTACHED. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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