What was found
TAIL ROTOR CHIP CAUTION IN HOVER PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. FOUND METAL ON CHIP DETECTOR. REPLACED IGB.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2018
- Submitted
- July 24, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N145SU
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C2
- Aircraft serial
- 9102
- Aircraft time
- 6,255 hours, 19,534 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6520 · Tail Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Gearbox
- Part number
- 4639002009
- Part serial
- 1520
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,526 hours, 5,356 cycles
- Stage of operation
- HO
- 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.