Service difficulty report · Turbine · Urocop EC130T2

Difficulty date
August 20, 2016
Submitted
August 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879MH
Make and model
Urocop EC130T2
Aircraft serial
7805
Aircraft time
2,136 hours, 4,832 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2D
Engine time
2,201 hours, 4,801 cycles
Part
Turbine
Part number
70BM030030
Part serial
26273
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Part time
2,201 hours, 4,801 cycles
Component
Engine · Tmeca · ARRIEL2D
Component part number
0292000020
Stage of operation
CR
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.

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE CENTRAL WARNING PANEL, ENGINE CHIP, SEGMENT ILLUMINATED. PILOT PROCEEDED TO PERFORM A NORMAL POWERED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISPATCHED TO THE ACFT DETERMINED METAL FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE ELECTRIC CHIP DETECTOR EXCEEDED MFG LIMITATIONS FOR AIRWORTHINESS. AIRCRAFT TO BE TRANSPORTED TO MAINTENANCE BASE FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND ENGINE RETURN TO MFG FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR.

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