Another GOM Accident but not too serious.
Standard helideck markings (a circle) would help prevent this....so easy but so hard for the Gomers to do....why?
LOCATION
City: PATTERSON State: LA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N15Q, A BELL 206B ROTORCRAFT, DURING HOVER WHILE LANDING, STRUCK A FOUR
FOOT VENTILATION STACK, SHIP SHOAL 79, 40 SOUTHEAST OF PATTERSON, LA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: METAR KPTN 171355Z 31003KT CLR 28/23 A3006
OTHER DATA
Departed: Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 07/18/2006