This PHI Sikorsky S-76 is that close from being over the side of this Gulf of Mexico rig. Circumstances are unclear due to a curious lack of public data. Larger original pictures here and PPrune discussion here. Leave a comment if you know more.
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on May 16, 2009 10:05 AM | Reply
And here is what seems to be the FAA preliminary incident notification. Factually accurate I suppose but you may feel that it doesn't entirely capture the reality of the matter!
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: N792P Make/Model: SK76 Description: SIKORSKY
Date: 03/24/2009 Time: 1635
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: OIL RIG State: LA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING TO AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM, CREW
REPORTED TURBULENT CONDITIONS DURING THE FINAL STAGE OF LANDING.
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 8 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 04/03/2009