Service difficulty report · Engine · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
September 27, 2017
Submitted
September 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N766ME
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9066
Aircraft time
7,036 hours, 21,702 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
Engine time
4,873 hours, 9,067 cycles
Part
Engine
Part serial
18810
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 1
Part time
4,873 hours, 9,067 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING ROC FLIGHT FOR MAX N1 (TOPPOING CHECK), AT 13,000 FEET, NR 1 ENGINE WAS IN THE IDLE POSITION, WHEN THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THREE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO "BURN" THE CHIPS WITH NO SUCCESS. NR 1 ENGINE WAS MOVED TO THE FLIGHT POSITION AND A DESCENT WAS MADE BACK TO THE AIRFIELD. UPON REMOVING THE CHIP DETECTORS, ALL FOUR DETECTORS HAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHIPS ON THEM, WITH THE MODULE 5 DETECTOR HAVING THE MOST CHIPS AND FLAKES. UPON REMOVING THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL FILTER, THE FILTER WAS FULL OF CHIPS AND FLAKES. ALL INFORMATION WAS RELAYED, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE SINCE THIS WAS THE 3RD EVENT OF THIS TYPE IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR FLIGHT TIME.