chip light
Hello gents
Few days ago I was cruising along and the turbine chip warning light came on, so I landed the helicopter did a visual inspection and since everything looked normal from the outside (oil level, oil leak etc. etc) pick up hovered for about 10 min.. all gages green, Took off and headed back to base.
Maintenance personel took the sensor off and turns out it did have some metallic dust in the sensor. Now we will have to fly the ship normally and if the light comes on again it will be another story.
I have never experienced this before. Is this common? can it happen once in a while? Or once the metallic dust starts appearing in the sensor the turbine engine is doomed... The engine has about 300 hrs.