Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 234

Difficulty date
July 23, 2003
Submitted
November 19, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N246CH
Make and model
Boeing 234
Aircraft serial
MJ017
Aircraft time
10,117 hours
Engine
Lyc AL5512
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Part time
4,850 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENGINE CHIP LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT, PILOTS REFERENCED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND IT INSTRUCTED THEM TO MONITOR ENGINE TEMP AND OIL PRESSURE AND TO LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND A SINGLE METALLIC SLIVER, ALSO MAIN OIL FILTER BUTTON WAS POPPED. REF MM. REMOVED AND REPLACED OIL FILTER AND PERFORMED AN ENGINE GROUND RUN. REINSPECTED OIL FILTER AND FOUND MORE PARTICLES ON FILTER. ENGINE WAS DETERMINED TO UNSERVICEABLE. ENGINE WAS CHANGED AND AC RETURNED TO SERVICE. HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED THE SOURCE THE METAL SLIVER. (2003-001)

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