Service difficulty report · Engine · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
October 29, 2015
Submitted
October 30, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N808JH
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0577E
Aircraft time
10,884 hours, 34,142 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
8,785 hours, 4,393 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Part time
8,785 hours, 4,393 cycles
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

ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING TOUR FLIGHT. THE PILOT LANDED ACFT AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENACE FOUND METAL FLAKE MEASURING LESS THAN .03125 ON UPPER AND LOWER ENGINE CHIP PLUGS. AFTER CLEANING THE PLUGS A 30 MINUTE GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED AND THE PLUGS WERE RECHECKED AND FOUND CLEAN. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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