Service difficulty report · Engine · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
February 20, 2025
Submitted
February 21, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911UG
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0416
Aircraft time
8,453 hours, 30,453 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
Engine time
8,082 hours
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
NR
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

ABOUT 1-2 MILES OUT FROM PATIENT PICKUP THE #1 ENG CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. POWER WAS DECREASED AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. POWER WAS SLIGHTLY BROUGHT BACK IN TO SEE IF IT RETRIGGERED THE ANOMALY, WHICH IT DID. THE CHIP BURN SWITCH WAS IDENTIFIED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO JOY. OEI POWER WAS ESTABLISHED AND #1 ENG WAS BROUGHT TO GROUND IDLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENG CHIP LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. KCAE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 NM AWAY, CONTACT WAS MADE AND THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF OUR SITUATION. UPON SHORT FINAL THE #1 ENG WAS BROUGHT TO FLIGHT AND WHEN THE POWER WAS BROUGHT ABOVE 50% TQ THE #1 ENG CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LANDING AT THE FBO RAMP WENT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PROPER CHANNELS WERE CALLED AS PER THE PMIC. THERE WAS NO SURGING OR ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OTHER THAN THE ENG CHIP LIGHT.

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