Service difficulty report · Engine · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
January 30, 2014
Submitted
January 31, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N137HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7371
Aircraft time
489 hours, 1,713 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
489 hours, 1,041 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
0292005410
Part serial
51211
Condition
Making Metal
Part time
489 hours, 1,041 cycles
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE PILOT & MEDICAL CREW WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A SCENE LOCATION TO PICK UP A PATIENT WHEN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM THEIR DESTINATION, THE ENG CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE CREW THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE & PROCEEDED TO FIND A SUITABLE LANDING LOCATION. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL & MX WAS NOTIFIED OF THEIR LOCATION. ONCE THE MECHANIC ARRIVED, HE CHECKED THE ENG CHIP PLUG ONLY TO FIND A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL PARTICLES. AFTER REVIEW OF THE MM & A CONVERSATION WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT, IT WAS DECIDED THAT SEVERAL MODULES OF THE ENG WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS ACFT IS CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE AWAITING PARTS.

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