Service difficulty report · Engine · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
October 27, 2009
Submitted
October 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N127LN
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
4149
Aircraft time
1,231 hours, 3,908 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
1,063 hours, 2,888 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Stage of operation
CL
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

ENGINE CHIP LIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. WARNING LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH, LANDED AT DOWNTOWN STL BASE, CALLED MECHANIC. MECHANIC FOUND METAL FLAKES ON LOWER ELECTRIC CHIP PLUG, AND NUMEROUS CHIPS/FLAKES IN OIL FILTER. TROUBLE SHOOTING FLOW CHART INDICATED MOCULE REPLACEMENT. ENGINE MUST BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC COMPONENT CAUSING DIFFICULTIES.