Service difficulty report · Turbine · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
July 30, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
14,076 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Turbine
Part number
23069745
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING POST INSTALLATION GROUND RUNS AFTER A SCHEDULED TURBINE CHANGE THERE WERE THREE ENGINE CHIP INDICATIONS ON BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER CHIP DETECTOR. FIRST CHIP INDICATION WAS BURNED, CHIP RETURNED IN 10 SECONDS, ENGINE SHUT DOWN, FOUND TWO SMALL HAIRS WITHIN LIMITS. GROUND RUN CARRIED OUT AND SECOND CHIP INDICATION, DID NOT BURN, PULLED CHIP DETECTORS AND FOUND ONE CHIP ON UPPER PLUG AND A HAIR ON LOWER. BOTH WITHIN LIMITS, OIL SYSTEM FLUSHED. ANOTHER GROUND RUN WAS CARRIED OUT AND THIRD CHIP INDICATION WITH HAIR ON THE UPPER PLUG ALONG WITH METAL FLAKES IN EXTERNAL FILTER. TURBINE REPLACED AND NO SUBSEQUENT CHIP INDICATIONS. (TC# 20140811005)

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