Service difficulty report · Transmission · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
September 27, 2017
Submitted
September 29, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105VU
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0724
Aircraft time
4,065 hours, 12,625 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
Engine time
3,731 hours, 3,865 cycles
Part
Transmission
Part number
4649020010
Part serial
2244
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
24 hours, 80 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

DURING FLIGHT, THE MAIN TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT ADVISED CREW THAT THE MISSION WOULD BE ABORTED AND THEY WOULD LAND. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND MONITORED THE TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE AND LANDED LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUES (EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE USED). AFTER LANDING, MECHANIC INSPECTED THE MGB CHIP DETECTORS. STAGE A CHIP WAS FOUND. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED UTILIZING ASB EC-135-63A-01 AND RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO ADDITIONAL DEFECTS NOTED.

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