SDR 2008F00011

Service difficulty report · Unknown · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
April 15, 2008
Submitted
April 17, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N11QG
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3534
Aircraft time
8,188 hours, 9,408 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
6,939 hours, 6,724 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Warning Light
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AC DEPARTED AIRPORT ON A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT AFTER APPROX 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT OBSERVED A FLICKERING ENGINE CHIP LIGHT, THEN A SOLID ENGINE CHIP LIGHT. THE PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. AN ADDITIONAL AC WAS DISPATCHED (WITH MAINT) TO PICK UP THE PASSENGERS AND CREW. MAINT INSPECTED ALL ENGINE CHIP PLUGS AND THE ENGINE OIL FILTER. A VERY SMALL METAL SLIVER (HAIR SIZE) WAS FOUND ON THE FULL FLOW CHIP DETECTOR, NO OTHER DEFECTS FOUND. PERFORMED MAINT ACTIONS IAW TEC. MM 71-02-07 LEVEL A. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT, AND RE-INSPECTED DETECTORS AGAIN, NO PARTICLES FOUND. NOTE: RECENT OIL ANALYSIS RESULTS WERE ALL NORMAL, NO FURTHER DEFECTS FOUND. REF: TEC MM 71-02-07. NOTE; 100 HR INSP WAS PERFORMED 3.0 HRS PREVIOUS TO THIS EVENT, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS METAL SLIVER CAME FROM CHIP DETECTOR DURING INSPECTION.

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