# Incident 20250829018019I: Eurocopter EC 155 B1, Houston, TX, August 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 86PA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100GN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100GN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 155 B1 (registry code 8680991, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-155-b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2C2 (registry code 60039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2c2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC 155 B1
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2C2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250829018019I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PART 91 FLIGHT, OPERATING UNDER VMC, AND HAD JUST LANDED ON THE POST OAK HOTEL ROOFTOP HELIPAD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. ALL SYSTEMS WERE ON AND THE AIRCRFAFT WAS RUNNING. NUMEROUS WARNINGS CAME UP ON THE SYSTEMS PANEL AND THE CREW NOTICED A SMOKE ODOR IN THE AIRCRFAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TURNED OFF AND ALL EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. RESIDUAL SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING OUT OF A LOWER PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE  OF THE FUSELAGE JUST FORWARD OF THE  RETRACTABLE CABIN STEP. THE BATTERY WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TIED DOWN AND SECURED ON THE HELIPAD FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND ACCESSED THE AREA IN QUESTION. SEVERAL BURNED WIRES WERE FOUND IN THE BAY JUST FORWARD OF THE STEP, CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MANUFACTURER.

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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