- Date
- March 24, 1988, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Offshore Oil
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1547NSikorsky S-76A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880324015059A
- Case key
- 22627
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After landing on the platform, the copilot moved the power levers to flight idle and set the main rotor blade tip path plane to the height normally used. When an enplanning passenger came up the stairs onto the platform, he was struck on the head by the main rotor blade. The operator reported that the injured passenger had been required to view a video tape recording that showed the proper procedures to use when enplanning or deplanning. Additionally, they reported that he had been given specific instructions to bend over to lower his height when under the main rotor blades.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1547N
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-76A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 760088
- Airframe hours
- 5,776
- Engine
- Allison 250-C30, 700 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Logistics
- Registered owner
- Tomlinson Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 1988 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- 573B · Offshore Plat., GM
- Destination
- Block 573a
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,382 total · 1,819 in this make and model · 140 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.