Service difficulty report · Engine · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
May 31, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft time
9,071 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Part
Engine
Part number
0292005220
Condition
Making Metal
Part time
9,273 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.

What was found

(CAN) WHILE AT CRUISING ALTITUDE THE PILOT OBSERVED THE RED ENG CHIP LIGHT IN THE HELICOPTER WARNING PANEL. KEPT THE POWER ON THE ENG & BEGIN A DESCENT TO A CLEARING ON A LOGGING ROAD. THE INSPECTION OF THE THREE NON-ELEC CHIP PLUGS REVEALED NUMEROUS CHIPS AS WELL AS THE FULL FLOW ELEC CHIP PLUG THAT GAVE THE PILOT THE INDICATION. THE CHIPS PLUGS WERE CLEANED & THE ACFT WAS STARTED FOR A 10 MINUTE GND RUN BUT THE RED ENG CHIP LIGHT CAME ON AFTER ONLY THREE MINUTES AGAIN. ALL CHIP PLUGS WERE FOUND WITH METAL AS WELL AS THE ENG OIL FILTER. THE ACFT WAS LEFT ON SITE GNDED.