What was found
DURING ROUTINE A CHECK, FOUND EXCESSIVE METAL ON THE ACCY GEAR BOX CHIP-DETECTOR AND METAL ON THE MAIN MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTOR.
- Difficulty date
- July 23, 2011
- Submitted
- July 25, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N460UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1248
- Aircraft time
- 36,967 hours, 15,683 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- Engine time
- 42,533 hours, 15,555 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 8300 · Accessory Gearboxes
- Part
- Gearbox
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Accessory
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.