# SDR QMLA2016110916127

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 9, 2016
- Submitted: November 15, 2016
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N192AM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N192AM), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 407
- Registry model: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 54048
- Aircraft time: 1,836 hours, 6,250 cycles
- Engine: Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time: 1,836 hours, 2,908 cycles
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Engine
- Condition: Making Metal
- Stage of operation: TX
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: E
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2016110916127

## Discrepancy

EXCESSIVE CHIPS ON UPPER AND LOWER ENGINE CHIP PLUGS, CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER ENGINE START BUT BEFORE TAKE OFF. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BY PILOT, MECHANIC WAS CALLED AND DETERMINED THERE WAS ENOUGH MATERIAL ON THE PLUG TO REQUIRE ENGINE CHANGE BY THE SPECIFICATIONS IN THE MM.

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