Service difficulty report · Engine · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
December 17, 2013
Submitted
December 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N497AE
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3686
Aircraft time
4,756 hours, 2,283 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
7,244 hours, 16,275 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
0292025070
Part serial
22043
Condition
Making Metal
Part time
7,244 hours, 16,275 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON INVESTIGATION OF ENG CHIP LIGHT, FOUND THE ELEC CHIP DETECTOR HAD AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GROUND CHIPS. CHECKED THE OIL FILTER BUT DID NOT SEE MUCH METAL UNTIL CLEANED THE FILTER. THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT. CHECKED THE MO5 CHIP DETECTOR & FOUND MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF METAL CHUNKS. THE MO1 CHIP DETECTOR HAD SOME BUILDUP OF SMALL FLAKES & THE OIL TANK CHIP PLUG HAD AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CRUSHED METAL.