What was found
DURING HOVER OPERATION PILOT HEARD A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE AND A NR 1 ENGINE CHIP INDICATION. PILOT LANDED IMMEDIATELY AND DURING POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND FOUND NR 1 ENGINE POWER TURBINE TO HAVE DAMAGE.
- Difficulty date
- February 27, 2019
- Submitted
- March 1, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N442ME
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135T2
- Aircraft serial
- 1042
- Aircraft time
- 5,335 hours, 22,379 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
- Engine time
- 8,000 hours
- System (JASC)
- 7250 · Turbine Section
- Part
- Turbine
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Stage of operation
- AA
- 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.