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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Sikorsky S-92 · Houma, LA · February 23, 2010

Date: February 23, 2010 · 12:35 local
Place: Houma, LA
Airport: Houma
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N192PH
Reported as: Sikorsky S-92
Reported engine: GE CT7 series
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,808 total1,175 in this make and model151 in the last 90 days

N192PHRegistered now · Sikorsky S-92AS/N 920021 · Built 2005 Airframe modelSikorsky S-92A Engine modelGE CT7-8ATurbo-shaft

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While at cruise altitude fumes were detected in the cabin by the aircraft crewchief and passengers. The pilot declared an emergency and returned to Houma base (khum); landed without incident. Post landing investigation was performed by company maintenance crew. Internal failure of the freon air-conditioning compressor was noted. Due to the compressor failure internal contamination was present throughout the air-conditioning system.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE FUMES WERE DETECTED IN THE CABIN BY THE AIRCRAFT CREWCHIEF AND PASSENGERS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO HOUMA BASE (KHUM); LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST LANDING INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE CREW. INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE FREON AIR-CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR WAS NOTED. DUE TO THE COMPRESSOR FAILURE INTERNAL CONTAMINATION WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM.