# SDR QMLA2025031720036

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 17, 2025
- Submitted: March 17, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N697AM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N697AM), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 407
- Registry model: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 54628
- Aircraft time: 4,373 hours, 6,271 cycles
- System (JASC): [6320 · Main Rotor Gearbox](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6320)
- Part: Chip Detector
- Condition: Contaminated
- Location: Zone 200
- Stage of operation: DE
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2025031720036

## Discrepancy

INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT IN FLIGHT. FOUND SMALL SLIVERS ON LOWER CHIP DETECTOR.  AMOUNT AND TYPE CONSIDERED NEGLIGIBLE. - CHANGED FILTER.

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