What was found
TAIL GEARBOX CHIP LIGHT ILLUMMINATED DURING FLIGHT. 3 MM CHIP WAS FOUND.
- Difficulty date
- August 22, 2012
- Submitted
- August 28, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N392LG
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3252
- Aircraft time
- 6,679 hours, 23,079 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B
- System (JASC)
- 6520 · Tail Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Gearbox
- Part number
- 350A33020006
- Part serial
- MA1813
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Stage of operation
- AA
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.