Service difficulty report · Transmission · Bell 427

Difficulty date
June 11, 2009
Submitted
June 29, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N427GT
Make and model
Bell 427
Aircraft serial
56044
Aircraft time
4,661 hours
Part
Transmission
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHILE IN FLIGHT THE TRANSMISSION CHIP RT CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND AT MO916, ACFT HAD JUST BEEN STARTED AND WAS 2 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, APPX SPEED WAS 80 KNOTS AT 400 FT. AFTER LANDING THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND MX WAS CONTACTED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PASTE WAS FOUND ON THE RT CHIP PLUG, NO METAL. DRAINED TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED FILTER. PENALTY RAN FOR 1 HOUR, NO FURTHER LIGHTS. RECHECKED RT CHIP PLUG AND FOUND CLEAN. ACFT RELEASED FOR FURTHER FLIGHT.

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