Service difficulty report · Bearing · Urocop EC130T2

Difficulty date
February 4, 2017
Submitted
February 8, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N875MH
Make and model
Urocop EC130T2
Aircraft serial
7592
Aircraft time
3,864 hours, 8,784 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2D
Engine time
3,864 hours, 8,273 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Part time
3,864 hours, 3,989 cycles
Stage of operation
HO
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

AFTER COMPLETION OF A .6 HOUR FLIGHT AND WHILE HOVER TAXIING TO HELIPAD, THE CENTRAL WARNING PANEL ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED TO THE CLOSEST ALTERNATE DESIGNATED HELIPAD AND LANDED, UNDER NORMAL ENGINE POWER AND A NORMAL AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN PERFORMED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE CHIP DETECTORS REVEALED THAT THE METAL CHIPS GENERATED, PREDOMINATELY ON THE MODULE 5 AND ELECTRIC DETECTOR, EXCEEDED THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS OF THE MM. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED. TRACED THE LIKELY SOURCE OF THE ENGINE CHIPS TO THE MODULE 4 REAR BEARING.

More about the Urocop EC 130 T2