# Incident 20060217003369I: Skrsky S76C, Houma, LA, February 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- 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: N766P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76C
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,826 total, 2,529 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060217003369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2-17-06, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 LOCAL, N766P, A SK-76C+ WITH A CREW OF TWO AND SEVEN PASSENGERS LANDED ON THE HELIDECK OF A MOVING VESSEL AND WHILE AT 100% ROTOR RPM ROTOR BLADE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VESSEL. AFTER LANDING AND DURING PASSENGER TRANSFER, A RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORM ENGULFED THE VESSEL. FOR SAFETY REASONS AND TO MAINTAIN THE CAPABILITY OF DEPARTING THE VESSEL BECAUSE OF SAFETY REASONS THE PIC ELECTED TO MAINTAIN THE ROTOR RPM AT 100% AND TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORM PASSED. DURING THE MICROBURST DISSIPATION STAGE, AN INCREASE IN WIND VELOCITY AND WAVE ACTION DECREASED THE VESSEL STABILITY. COUPLED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED AND A FAILURE OF THE HELIDECK WATERSHED SYSTEM TO SHED WATER SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO PREVENT A THREE TO EIGHT INCH BUILDUP OF WATER WITHIN THE LANDING AREA COUPLED WITH THE WAVE ACTION OF THAT WATER, THE HELICOPTER STABILITY DECREASED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY TWELVE FEET FORWARD AND THREE FEET TO THE RIGHT. THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST WHEN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF THE VESSEL DAMAGING THE BLADE TIP CAPS. EVERY ATTEMPT TO ARREST AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED, THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THE PASSENGERS AND CREWMEMBERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

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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