# Incident 20180828012449I: Agusta Spa A119, Galveston, TX, August 28, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2018, 09:00 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: High Island 537b
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: U0GA
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108AG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta A119 (registry code 0260102, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a119) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37A (registry code 52179, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6b-37a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA SPA A119
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6B-37A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,755 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180828012449I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH TO GULF OIL PLATFORM HIA547B, THE PILOT MANEUVERED OVER THE DECK. HE STATED HE HAD A "PLA" (POWER LEVER ANGLE) MESSAGE ILLUMINATE AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. AT THAT TIME HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DISCOVERED THE LEFT SKID HAD BEEN TORN AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT HAD LANDED SHORT ON THE LANDING PAD AND HOOKED THE LEFT SKID BETWEEN THE SAFETY FENCE AND THE PAD WHICH TORE THE SKID AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE HOME BASE IN GALVESTON (GLS) TEXAS.

THE PILOT HOVERED LOW TO THE GROUND AND LET THE PASSENGERS EVACUATE. THE GROUND CREW STACKED SOME WOOD PALLETS AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SET THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE SKID.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.