Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Skrsky S76A

Difficulty date
January 7, 2011
Submitted
January 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N72649
Make and model
Skrsky S76A
Aircraft serial
760292
Aircraft time
21,981 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C30
Part
Gearbox
Part number
7635109500044
Part serial
A08100164
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
18,276 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

ON OUR INBOUND LEG ABOUT 10 MINS OUT OF LANDING, TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED THE MGB CHIP DET CB, RESET IT AND THE LIGHT STAYED ON. THERE WAS NO RISE OR FALL IN OIL PRESSURE. LANDED AS SOON AS PRACTICAL.