# Incident 20190601005829I: Sikorsky S-76C, Houma, LA, June 1, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Huma-Terrebonne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N714P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714P-2025-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76C (registry code 8143008, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2S2 (registry code 60036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2s2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-76C
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2S2
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,043 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190601005829I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 06:39 (CDT), N714P, A (PHI) PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS INC., SIKORSKY SK-76-C HELICOPTER SERIAL NUMBER 760719 DEPARTED FROM HOUMA-TERREBONNE AIRPORT (HUM) HOUMA, LA.  THE HELICOPTER WAS OPERATING ON A 14 CFR PART 135 FLIGHT TO THE OIL PLATFORM BULLWINKLE AT GREEN CANYON (65) GULF OF MEXICO.  THE HELICOPTERS LEFT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THE LANDING CONFIGURATION AT THE PLATFORM.  THE TWO PILOTS AND SIX PASSENGERS RETURNED TO PHI BASE AT THE NORTH RAMP HUMA-TERREBONNE.  THE 6 PASSENGERS WERE ASSISTED BY MECHANICS AND GROUND CREW IN DEPLANING WHILE THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT GEAR WERE DEPLOYED FOR STABILITY, PASSENGERS THEN EXITED FROM THE RIGHT ENTRY/EXIT DOOR. THE PIC LANDED ON A GRASS AREA, GEAR UP AND PERFORMED NORMAL SHUTDOWN.  NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE.

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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