Sikorsky S-76A accident near Cameron, LA
On November 9, 1994, a Sikorsky S-76A (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Cameron, LA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 9, 1994
- Place
- Cameron, LA
- Aircraft
- Sikorsky S-76A · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.789°N, 93.290°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X02565
NTSB summary
History of Flight On November 8, 1994, at 2020 central standard time (all times are in central standard time), N2620, a Sikorsky S-76A helicopter (s/n 76-0211), operated by Mobil Administrative Services Company, Inc. (MASCI), crashed 2 miles offshore from Cameron, Louisiana. The helicopter was destroyed, the single passenger drowned, and the two pilots on board sustained minor injuries. The flight had departed the Baltic-1 oil rig (position N27-56.12, W93-57.12), 118 nautical miles offshore in the High Island 572-C block of the Gulf of Mexico, at 1930, and was returning to MASCI's Cameron, Louisiana base. The flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and was to be the crews' final flight of the day. A company flight plan was filed, and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. At 2011:18 the ERA Helicopters weather observer transmitted to N2620 that the altimeter setting "was uh, zero zero zero at five, I'm sorry that was six o'clock, not five." At 2011:59 the captain asked the copilot "he said 30.05 at six o'clock?," who replied "yeah." The altimeter setting recorded for Lake Charles at 1950, and provided to the flight by Lake Charles Approach at 2018:21 was 30.02. (No discrepancies were found with the calibration of the barometric equipment at the ERA Cameron facility.) At 2017:04 the captain stated "... we're gonna need to slow it down because we are going to go IFR." The copilot replied "alright, you talk me through the mileages now." The captain stated "I got everything taken care of. You're, you're doing good." The
Probable cause
the copilot's failure to maintain altitude and the pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision of the operation. Factors include the dark night and low ceiling, and the flightcrew's failure to set the proper altimeter setting.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
