# Incident 20051208032909I: Skrsky S76A, New Orleans, LA, December 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2005, 12:21 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911MJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,032 total, 2,582 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/20051208032909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:21 LOCAL TIME, N911MJ, A SK-76-A HELICOPTER WITH FIVE PEOPLE ABOARD, DEPARTED GULFPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, GULFPORT, MS, DESTINED FOR OCHSNER MEDICAL FACILITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT DEPARTURE WERE VFR WITH ENROUTE AND DESTINATION FORECASTED WEATHER TO BE VFR WITH IMPROVING TRENDS. FUEL ON BOARD WAS 1 HR 15 MIN PLUS A 30 MIN RESERVE. UPON REACHING THE NEW ORLEANS AIR TRAFFIC AREA, ATC REPORTED MSY WEATHER AT 1000 FT WITH 2.5 MILES VISIBILITY, CONSTITUTING A SPECIAL VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (SVFR) CONDITION. SVFR HANDLING WAS RECEIVED, HOWEVER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) CONDITIONS COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED. IFR HANDLING WAS REQUESTED WITH AN IFR IAP TO MSY, THE APPROACH WAS COMMENCED. DURING THE APPROACH PHASE OF FLIGHT, THE COMPASS/RMI NAVIGATIONAL AID FAILED. A NO GYRO ASR APPROACH WAS EXECUTED. WITH THE ADDITIONAL FLIGHT TIME REQUIRED TO EXECUTE THE ADDITIONAL APPROACH, A LOW FUEL CONDITION OCCURRED. THE EMERGENCY SITUATION WAS TRANSMITTED. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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