Service difficulty report · Bearing · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
July 12, 2013
Submitted
July 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N137LN
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0339
Aircraft time
3,288 hours, 14,803 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW206B2
Engine time
2,564 hours, 1,884 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Part time
2,564 hours, 1,884 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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.

What was found

THE PILOT WAS REPOSITIONING THE ACFT FOR FUEL WHEN ON SHORT FINAL TO THE HELIPAD, THE MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE NR 1 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ANNUNCIATION ON CAD. IAW THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ATTEMPTED TO BURN CHIP WHILE STILL IN FLIGHT. ENG CHIP LIGHT WENT OUT AND THEN CAME BACK ON ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. LANDED ACFT AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. AFTER EVALUATION OF ASSOCIATED CHIP DETECTOR, METAL FUZZ THAT HAD COLLECTED THERE ALONG WITH THE OIL WERE SENT IN FOR ANALYSIS. THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS PROVED THAT THE METAL HAD ORIGINATED FROM ONE OF THE BEARINGS INSIDE THE ENGINE. AT THAT POINT, THE ENGINE WAS ORDERED, AND AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION HAS NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED. THIS ACFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL THIS ENGINE IS RECEIVED AND REPLACED.

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