# Accident 20010710038129A: Skrsky S76A, Sabine Pass, TX, July 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Sabine Pass, TX
- Airport: Air Logistics Sabine Heliport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.7144° N, 93.9119° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7144&lon=-93.9119&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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010710038129A

## Narrative

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

(-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 PASS AND NOTICED THAT THE IN-FLIGHT RIDE WAS A LITTLE ROUGHER THAN MOST SK-76'S THAT HE HAD FLOWN, WITH POWER TO MAINTAIN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 65% TORQUE AND 690-694 DEGREES C, WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS UNUSUAL. WHILE ENROUTE FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA (LA09) TO SABINE PASS, TX (95XS), THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DECIDED TO DO AN AUTOROTATION TO CHECK THE AUTOROTATION RPM. HE STATED THAT HE DISENGAGED THE AUTO-PILOT AND ENTERED THE AUTOROTATION BY LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE AND RETARDING THE THROTTLES TO IDLE. THE HELICOPTER PITCHED NOSE UP AND THEN SNAPPED LEFT TO A VERTICAL DESCENT. WHEN HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLES BACK TO THE FLY POSITION, THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. HE MANAGED TO RIDE IT THROUGH TO A SMOOTHER FLIGHT AND RECOVERED FULL CONTROL. BEING ONLY EIGHT OR NINE MILES TO THE EAST OF SABINE PASS, HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO THE DESTINATION. HE STATED THAT NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE FELT DURING THE LANDING OR HOVER TO PARKING. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER REVEALED THAT ALL FOUR MAIN ROTOR BLADES, SPINDLES AND DAMPENERS HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA176), Jul 10, 2001: Sikorsky SK-76A (N164AG), New Iberia, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of control while maneuvering for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N164AG (1)

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

- [Incident 19980629035139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980629035139I), Jun 29, 1998: Skrsky S76A (N164AG), Lake Charles, LA. (-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…

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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