Service difficulty report · Engine · Urocop EC130T2

Difficulty date
May 12, 2018
Submitted
May 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N106VU
Make and model
Urocop EC130T2
Aircraft serial
7996
Aircraft time
841 hours, 3,434 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2D
Engine time
841 hours, 2,064 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
0292020030
Part serial
50618
Condition
Making Metal
Part time
841 hours, 2,064 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING ENGINE START AND PRE TAKEOFF CHECK, THE PILOT NOTICED AN AMBER ENG CHIP LIGHT WAS SOLID. ABORTED TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE MECHANIC EXAIMED THE CHIP PLUGS AND FOUND METAL PARTICLES ON ENGINE ELECTRICAL CHIP PLUG AND ON MOD 1 SUMP PLUG. THE MECHANIC MADE A DETERMINATION THAT THE PARTICLES WERE FLAKES. PREFORMED A LEVEL B TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE. DRAINED ENGINE OIL , CLEANED ENGINE STRAINERS, NO MATERIAL FOUND IN THE STRAINERS. CHANGED OIL FILTER. GROUND RAN FOR 15 MINUTES. CHECKED PLUGS. RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE UNDER MONITORING SUPERVISION. AFTER FIRST FIGHT OF 39 MINUTES, THE CHIP PLUGS WERE CHECKED. NEW MATERIAL WAS FOUND ON ELECTRICAL CHIP PULG AND MOD 1 SUMP PLUG. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

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