Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
January 6, 2014
Submitted
January 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N245AM
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7154
Aircraft time
784 hours, 3,566 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
784 hours, 2,119 cycles
Part
Gearbox
Part number
350A32035002
Part serial
M4616
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
784 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, E
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AFTER STARTUP & WARM UP ON GND, FUEL LEVER MOVED FROM GROUND IDLE TO FLY POSITION. MGB CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, PILOT BEGAN ENG SHUTDOWN. GRINDING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM MGB DURING SHUTDOWN. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MECHANIC FOUND HEAVY CONTAMINATION OF LOWER CHIP DETECTOR & FILTER CARTRIDGE WITH METAL PARTICLES.

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