Service difficulty report · Chip Detector · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
October 13, 2023
Submitted
October 15, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N138HN
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0288
Aircraft time
10,386 hours, 34,056 cycles
Part
Chip Detector
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Component
Main Transmissi
Component part number
4649020011
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

PILOT ARRIVED AT GRANT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. HE SHUT DOWN AND AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, HE APPLIED POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER APPLYING BATTERY POWER, BUT BEFORE ENGINE START, THE PILOT NOTICED THE "XMSN CHIP" CAUTION WAS ILLUMINATED. HE POWERED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED TO INFORM ME OF THE DISCREPANCY. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE AIRCRAFT, I REMOVED THE CHIP DETECTOR AND INSPECTED IT. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF TINY DUST-LIKE PARTICLE ON THE DETECTION SURFACE. PER AIRBUS EC135P2+ AMM 63-40-00, 6-3 THIS TYPE OF CONTAMINATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE CATEGORY "A". THE PROCEDURE IS TO REFERENCE THE LOGBOOK TO SEE IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY SIMILAR CHIP EVENTS WITHIN THE PAST 100FH OF OPERATION. THERE WERE NOT. I CLEANED THE CHIP DETECTOR, RE-INSTALLED IT, THEN HAD THE PILOT RUN THE ACFT FOR APPROX. 10 MIN. THE CAUTION DID NOT RETURN SO WE RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE

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