Engine Chips warning
This is the scenario. A brand new No 1 engine has just been fitted and after the flight test the aircraft departed on a revenue flight to a barge offshore 100 miles away. At about 40 nm outbound the No 1 Eng Chip light came on. When the power was reduced, the light goes off. Check list and flight manual says continue flight but mornitor engine parameters. Flight manual says after landing check the magnetic plugs for confirmation. What would you have done.. a)continue offshore to the barge, land and then come home hoping for the best. b) continue to the barge, land and shut down for inspection or c) turn around and head back to helibase.
I chose option (C) because we are relatively close to base (40 miles) AND the fact that it was a BRAND NEW engine that hadjust been installed.
Now, I would like to have some feed backs and discussions