Service difficulty report · Bearing · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
January 18, 2013
Submitted
January 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N817MH
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4125
Aircraft time
5,716 hours, 11,681 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Part
Bearing
Condition
Failed
Location
Turbine Section
Part time
4,582 hours, 3,608 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON SHORT FINAL TO LANDING, ACFT CAUTION WARNING PANEL ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN NORMALLY, INSPECTION OF THE CHIP DETECTORS, METAL WAS FOUND THAT APPEARED TO BE MORE THAN TYPICAL. CLEANED THE CHIP PLUGS, A 10 MINUTE PENALTY GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED. RECHECKED CHIP PLUGS ON SHUTDOWN REVEALED NO UNUSUAL METAL GENERATION. FOLLOWING A SEVERAL MINUTE HOVER CHECK, WITH NO FURTHER CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATION, ACFT DEPARTED FOR THE 10 MINUTE FLIGHT LEG TO OUR REMOTE FUELING STATION. ON SHORT FINAL, ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. A NORMAL LANDING AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED. ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF CHIP DETECTORS, DETERMINED THAT THE METAL CHIPS GENERATED EXCEEDED THE ALLOWABLE MM SPECS. ENGINE REMOVED AND MODULES RETURNED TO VENDOR. TEARDOWN INSPECTION BY THE VENDOR, DETERMINED THAT THE AFT BEARING OF THE POWER TURBINE/MODULE 4 HAD FAILED. METAL GENERATED, ALSO CONTAMINATED THE MODULE 5.

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