Service difficulty report · Bolt · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 2, 2011
Submitted
June 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N850MH
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4327
Aircraft time
3,757 hours, 7,497 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
3,757 hours, 6,774 cycles
Part
Bolt
Condition
Failed
Location
Gearbox
Part time
3,757 hours, 6,774 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ACFT PREPARED TO LAUNCH FOR REVENUE FLT, AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE SHUTDOWN NORMALLY. CHECK OF ELECTRICAL CHIP DETECTOR REVEALED A FEW SMALL METAL SLIVERS BUT SUBSEQUENT INSP REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF METAL CHIPS ON THE MODULE 5 NON ELECTRIC CHIP DETECTOR. MODULE 1 NON ELECTRIC CHIP DETECTOR WAS FOUND CLEAN. DISCOVERED THE METAL GENERATION WAS NOT A ROUTINE PROBLEM BUT RATHER THE RESULT OF PARTS COMING LOOSE IN THE MODULE & CAUSING FOD TO OCCUR. . IT IS KNOWN THAT A PLUG HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE PRE TU 156 INTERMEDIATE PINION GEAR CENTRAL BORE AND A RETAINING BOLT HEAD SHEARED OFF ALLOWING 2 WASHERS ALONG WITH THE BOLT HEAD TO DROP INTO THE GEARBOX.

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