# Incident 19950126006739I: Skrsky S76A, New Orleans, LA, January 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1995, 07:08 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1545K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1545K-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76A (registry code 8143006, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76A
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,374 total, 327 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950126006739I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT (MSY), AT 3,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE "BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT A NEARBY BASE OF PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE WAS DETECTED. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE CONNECTION INSIDE THE SMOKE DETECTOR, TIGHTENED IT, AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N1545K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000106001109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000106001109I), Jan 6, 2000: Skrsky S76A (N1545K), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command (PIC) made a VFR approach to a helideck located at HI-344A. The approach was terminated at a hover on the north edge of the landing…
- [Incident 19950228011059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950228011059I), Feb 28, 1995: Skrsky S76C (N1545K), Venice, LA. Narrative: on short final to a customer's heliport in Venice, Louisiana aircraft N1545K experienced a large torque split which could not be corrected. Just…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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