What was found
AFTER ENGINE START, THE ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND MAINTENANCE PULLED THE CHIP DETECTORS AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHIPS.
- Difficulty date
- August 27, 2017
- Submitted
- August 30, 2017
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N408GG
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 54558
- Aircraft time
- 363 hours, 807 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time
- 363 hours, 374 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Part number
- 250C47B
- Part serial
- CAE848729
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Part time
- 363 hours, 374 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.