- Difficulty date
- February 13, 2016
- Submitted
- February 24, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N555BA
- Make and model
- Bell 430
- Aircraft serial
- 49119
- Aircraft time
- 7,663 hours, 23,905 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C40B
- Engine time
- 7,130 hours, 12,590 cycles
- Part
- Engine
- Part number
- 23063378
- Part serial
- CAE844257
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Zone 400
- Part time
- 7,130 hours, 12,590 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TO
- 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
ENGINE REMOVAL DUE TO CHIP EVENTS IN SUMP CHIP DETECTOR.
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