# SDR QMLA2025101120101

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 8, 2025
- Submitted: October 11, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N189AM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189AM), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 407
- Registry model: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 54047
- Aircraft time: 6,767 hours, 14,559 cycles
- Engine: Allsn 250C47B
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Engine
- Condition: Making Metal
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: B, A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2025101120101

## Discrepancy

ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. UPON INSPECTION, ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE MAKING METAL. AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY OOS,

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