What was found
NUMBER 2 ENG CHIP LIGHT IN FLIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH WITH FUZZ BURNER. CAUTION LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. EXAMINED CHIP DETECTOR & FOUND METAL FLAKES ATTACHED TO CHIP DETECTOR. SAMPLE OF CHIPS SENT IN FOR ANALYSIS.
- Difficulty date
- September 3, 2015
- Submitted
- September 8, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N230AM
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135P2
- Aircraft serial
- 0540
- Aircraft time
- 3,557 hours, 12,741 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW206B
- Engine time
- 2,387 hours
- System (JASC)
- 7260 · Turbine Engine Accessory Drive
- Part
- Chip Detector
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Stage of operation
- UK
- 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.