Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
September 27, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Engine
Pwc PW306C
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Stage of operation
CL
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) DURING CLIMB, ENGINE CHIP DETECT L, ILLUMINATED. COMMUNICATION ACFT SYS MESSAGE LATCHES ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND WILL MOMENTARILY EXTINGUISH, ONLY TO RE-ILLUMINATE. THIS CONDITION CONTINUED FOR THE DURATION OF THE 42 MINUTE FLIGHT. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, MATERIAL WAS FOUND ON CHIP DETECTOR. SOAP WILL BE PERFORMED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO SEND FILTER AND CHIPS OUT FOR ANALYSIS. DUE TO REPEAT EVENT WILL BE WAITING ON RESULTS OF SOAP PRIOR TO RETURN THE ACFT TO SERVICE.