Service difficulty report · Bearing · Urocop AS365N3

Difficulty date
March 4, 2014
Submitted
May 30, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N896LL
Make and model
Urocop AS365N3
Aircraft serial
6294
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2C
Part
Bearing
Part number
9609000623
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Part time
3,437 hours
Stage of operation
NR
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

ENROUTE, NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT INDICATED ON THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL. ACFT ABORTED FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. A CHIP WAS FOUND ON THE ELECTRICAL PLUG. IT WAS WITHIN LIMITS IAW THE MM ONLY ACTION TAKEN WAS AN ENGINE DRAIN AND FLUSH TO RID OF ANY FURTHER DEBRIS FROM THE OIL SYSTEM. AFTER ENGINE FLUSH AND GROUND RUN, NO OTHER CHIPS WERE FOUND IN THE OIL FILTER OR MODULE MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTORS. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. AFTER 4.8 HRS, ELECTRIC CHIP DETECTOR HAD MINOR CHIPS THAT DID NOT ILLUMINATE THE LIGHT. NO OTHER CHIPS WERE FOUND ON THE MODULE CHIP DETECTORS. DUE TO THE HIGH TIME OF THE ENGINE, 63.8 HRS TO OVERHAUL, RETURNED ENGINE TO THE MFG FOR OVERHAUL. MANUFACTURE FOUND MODULE 5 BEARING FRONT INTERNAL GEAR CREATED FLAKES. THIS CAUSED THE CHIPS BEING COLLECTED ON THE CHIP DETECTOR.

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