What was found
ON GROUND RUN, ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR ILLUMINATED. BOTH DETECTORS HAD METAL SLIVERS. SAMPLES TAKEN, AND MFG CONDEMNED ENGINE. ENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND RETURNED TO MFG FOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- October 15, 2007
- Submitted
- January 9, 2008
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N179CB
- Make and model
- Urocop EC120B
- Aircraft serial
- 1412
- Aircraft time
- 413 hours, 222 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIU2F
- Engine time
- 226 hours, 26 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.