Service difficulty report · Chip Detector · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
January 6, 2016
Submitted
January 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N135VV
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
1019
Aircraft time
2,726 hours
Part
Chip Detector
Condition
Contaminated
Part time
4,000 hours, 2,724 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE CARRYING A PATIENT, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT. THE INDICATION WAS ENCOUNTERED WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HOSPITAL IN WHICH A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. UPON LANDING, THE LIGHT HAD EXTINGUISHED. THE MECHANIC WAS CALLED OUT TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION. UPON ARRIVAL, THE CHIP PLUG HAD EVIDENCE SHOWING A CATEGORY A SLIGHT ABRASION IAW AMM 65-40-00 6-1. THE DETECTOR WAS CLEANED, OIL SYS FLUSHED & REPLENISHED & A 15 MINUTE GND RUN LIGHT ON SKIDS COMPLETED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER LIGHT INDICATIONS & THE CHIP PLUG WAS PULLED & INSPECTED IN WHICH NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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