Accident · 1991-06-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-06-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- SIKORSKY S76A (N5418N)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELI Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS
Probable cause
THE COPILOT'S REDUCTION OF POWER TO GROUND IDLE ON BOTH ENGINES. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S POOR LANDING TECHNIQUE AND HIS FAILURE TO ESTABLISH ADEQUATE CREW COORDINATION.
Source: NTSB case FTW91LA098Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.