What was found
AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE NR 1 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A RESET WAS ATTEMPTED WITH NO AFFECT. ACFT DIVERTED FOR MX. MX REMOVED THE CHIP DETECTOR AND CLEANED IT. AFTER REINSTALLATION NO LIGHTS WERE INDICATED DURING OR AFTER RUN UP.
- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2013
- Submitted
- January 16, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N61NH
- Make and model
- Skrsky S61N
- Aircraft serial
- 61474
- Aircraft time
- 43,834 hours, 110,095 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CT581402
- Engine time
- 23,777 hours, 11,647 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7261 · Turbine Engine Oil System
- Part
- Chip Detector
- Part number
- 3307481
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Engine
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.