# Incident 20100223027999I: Sikorsky S-92, Houma, LA, February 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2010, 12:35 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N192PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N192PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-92A (registry code 8141832, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-92a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-8A (registry code 30136, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-92
- Reported engine: GE CT7 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,808 total, 1,175 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100223027999I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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