Marine Accident Brief: Sinking of Offshore Supply Vessel Ricky B

On May 30, 2013, at 0702 central daylight time, the offshore supply vessel Ricky B sank in the Gulf of Mexico about 24 nm south of Marsh Island, Louisiana, while being towed. The three crewmembers had abandoned the Ricky B earlier and boarded a good samaritan vessel, from which they were subsequently transferred to a nearby manned oil platform. No one was injured. The Ricky B was later refloated. Its damage was estimated to be $520,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the sinking of the offshore supply vessel Ricky B was the crew's failure to adequately assess the severity of the flooding rate through the starboard shaft seal gland and take prudent action to mitigate the situation.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1401.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/MAB1401.aspx
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 2014-1-21

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 5p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash characteristics; Crash investigation; Supply vessels; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sinking (Maritime crashes)
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506772
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/MAB-14/01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 10 2014 4:47PM