# Incident 19951107045069I: Skrsky S76A, Houma, LA, November 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1995, 12:56 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31217 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,081 total, 2,271 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951107045069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 7, 1995, AT 1257 CST, SIKORSKY MODEL S76A HELICOPTER, N31217, OPERATED BY PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. (PHI), HAD DEPARTED THE BASE IN FOURCHON, LOUISIANA, WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A STRONG VIBRATION. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE MARSH WITHOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURING ANY OF THE EIGHT PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCAE WITH VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, AND THE PILOT HAD FILED A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRMAN AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATES OF PILOTS JAMES E. SPEAR, JR., AND GREGORY G. GRAHAM WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS AND COMPANY PROCEDURES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE PHI BASE IN FOURCHON, LA NOVEMBER 7, 1995, AT 1256. PHI MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED AIRCRAFT N31217 AFTER THE FLIGHT AND FOUND THAT ONE OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES HAD LOST A BLADE TIP WEIGHT.

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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