Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
August 24, 2012
Submitted
August 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N136KY
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0494
Aircraft time
2,381 hours, 6,865 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW206B2
Part
Gearbox
Part number
4649010008
Part serial
1397
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
2,769 hours
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING FLT, TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT CAME ON. POWER WAS IMMEDATELY REDUCED, EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE. DISCOVERED A LARGE CHUNCK OF METAL ON THE CHIP DETECTOR. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS FLUSHED AND FILLED, FILTER REPLACED, AND A FIFTEEN MINUTE PENALTY RUN ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ADDITIONAL CHIP LIGHTS OR DEBRIS COLLECTED IN EITHER THE FILTER OR CHIP DETECTOR. OPEN

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