What was found
ENGINE CHIP LIGHT, ENGINE REPLACED MO5 SENT FOR REPAIR, TRIPLEX WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE METAL CONTAMINATION.
- Difficulty date
- May 10, 2005
- Submitted
- June 2, 2005
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Snias AS350BA
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1B
- System (JASC)
- 6320 · Main Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Gearbox
- Part number
- 70BMO55020
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 12,598 hours
- 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.