# Incident 19980629035139I: Skrsky S76A, Lake Charles, LA, June 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1998, 06:20 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N164AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N164AG-2013-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76A (registry code 8143006, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,678 total, 7,759 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980629035139I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JUNE 29, 1998, AT 0620 LOCAL TIME, A SIKORSKY, MODEL S-76A, HELICOPTER, N164AG, OPERATED BY AIR LOGISTICS, L.L.C., NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF NO. 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT.  THE AFFECTED ENGINE WAS SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURES AND PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE GASKET, P/N 5F224-000, TO THE OIL COOLER ASSEMBLY HAD DEVELOPED A LEAK.  THE DEFECTIVE GASKET WAS REPLACED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT.  THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE TWO COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE AIR LOGISTICS' HELIPORT AT GRAND CHENIER, LOUISIANA (LA53) ON JUNE 29, 1998, AT 0610 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N164AG (1)

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

- [Accident 20010710038129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010710038129A), Jul 10, 2001: Skrsky S76A (N164AG), Sabine Pass, TX, No damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command stated that the helicopter seemed to have a bit of a ground track problem (rough on the ground at full RPM). He proceeded to Sabine…

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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