What was found
DURING 500 HOUR TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX FLUSH PRODEDURE, FOUND PLASTIC FALLING OUT OF CHIP DETECTOR/DRAIN WHEN REMOVED FROM GEARBOX. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES CHIP DETECTOR TO MAKE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND MAY SEEP OIL, BECOMES UNUSABLE.
- Difficulty date
- July 24, 2013
- Submitted
- July 24, 2013
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N76KG
- Make and model
- Robsin R22BETAII
- Aircraft serial
- 2578
- Aircraft time
- 5,357 hours
- Engine
- Lyc O320A2B
- System (JASC)
- 6520 · Tail Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Chip Detector
- Part number
- B5662
- Condition
- Fractured
- Location
- T/R Gearbox
- Part time
- 999 hours
- Component
- Gearbox · Robsin
- Component part number
- B0211
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.