# Incident 19950824042179I: Bolkms BO105CBS, Phoenix, AZ, August 24, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1995, 18:23 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7062X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7062X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm BO105S CBS-5 (registry code 5623007, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bo105s-cbs-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105CBS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,722 total, 4,784 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950824042179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 24, 1995, AT 1823, AN MBB BO-105 HELICOPTER OWNED BY PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., DEPARTED FOR A SCENE CALL. SMOKE BEGAN FILLING THE CABIN AFTER THE PILOT TURNED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT (ECU). THE ECU WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CABIN CLEARED. THIS OCCURRED ON A PASSENGER/CARGO FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO PERSONNEL. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRANITE REEF HELIPORT ON AUGUST 24, 1995, AT 1823.

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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