Service difficulty report · Bevel Gear · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
June 12, 2012
Submitted
June 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577LF
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0559
Aircraft time
2,582 hours, 8,805 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW206B
Engine time
4,183 hours, 1,173 cycles
Part
Bevel Gear
Part number
4649302041
Part serial
1742
Condition
Making Metal
Location
M/R Gearbox
Part time
2,616 hours
Component
Gearbox
Component part number
4649010010
Stage of operation
AA
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

PILOT REPORTED IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ACFT TRANSMISSION CHIP ILLUMINATED TWICE. CAUTION LIGHT WENT OUT OF IT'S OWN BOTH TIMES. DURATION WAS 5-7 SECONDS EACH TIME. CHIP CAUTION WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, BUT DIVERTED TO AIRPORT. ACFT SHUTDOWN . AFTER INSPECTION OF CHIP DETECTOR, MAIN GEAR BOX IS MAKING METAL. SUSPECT RT INPUT PINION AND BEVEL GEAR. REFER TO ASB EC135-63A-012, REV 5. ACFT IS OUT OF SERVICE.

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