What was found
ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR ILLUMINATED. BOTH CHIP DETECTORS HAD METAL CONTAMINATION. SAMPLES TAKEN, AND MFG CONDEMNED ENGINE. ENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND RETURNED TO MFG FOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- October 19, 2007
- Submitted
- January 9, 2008
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N197CB
- Make and model
- Urocop EC120B
- Aircraft serial
- 1448
- Aircraft time
- 249 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIUS2F
- Engine time
- 249 hours, 130 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Part time
- 249 hours, 130 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
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