# SDR QMLA2012100712165

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 7, 2012
- Submitted: October 9, 2012
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N911ED](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911ED), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 429
- Registry model: [Bell 429](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-429) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 57006
- Aircraft time: 1,515 hours, 4,725 cycles
- System (JASC): [6320 · Main Rotor Gearbox](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6320)
- Part: Gearbox
- Part number: 430340001105
- Condition: Contaminated
- Location: Main Rotor
- Part time: 1,515 hours
- Stage of operation: AA
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2012100712165

## Discrepancy

MAST CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. INSPECTED ALL MAIN ROTOR GEARBOX CHIP PLUGS, FOUND ONE WHISKER-LIKE PARTICAL ON MAST CHIP PLUG, CLEANED MAST CHIP PLUG & APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE IAW MM 63.

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