What was found
DURING APPROACH, TAIL ROTOR CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ATTEMPT TO BURN THE CHIP WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND A LANDING WAS MADE. DUE TO METAL IN THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX THE UNIT WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- September 22, 2014
- Submitted
- September 26, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N140SF
- Make and model
- Urocop BK117C1EURO
- Aircraft serial
- 9389
- Aircraft time
- 1,380 hours, 4,083 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6520 · Tail Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Gearbox
- Part number
- 4639003009
- Part serial
- 1356
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,380 hours
- Stage of operation
- AP
- 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.