Service difficulty report · Chip Detector · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
October 19, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Part
Chip Detector
Condition
Activated
Location
Engine
Part time
1,001 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER COMPLETING 100 HOUR INSPECTION AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR FLIGHT AND AROUND 20,000 FEET THE CHIP LIGHT CAME ON. THE PILOT RETURNED TO BASE. THE CHIP DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND A FINE SLIVER OF METAL WAS FOUND ON THE CONTACTS ABOUT 0.001 THE UNIT WAS CLEANED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO CONTAMINANTS FOUND IN THE OIL FILTER DURING THE INSPECTION AND THE CHIP DETECTOR WAS CLEANED.