Bell 407 pilot reported landing as soon as possible after receiving an engine chip light in cruise f...

Attributes
ACN	1433231
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Jet Ranger All Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 2600 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Engine chip light illuminated under normal cruise flight power settings for ambient conditions causing the pilot to land as soon as possible without incident. No exceedances had previously been recorded on the rolls-royce turbine engine and it had met all periodic maintenance requirements. Post flight inspection of the 2 engine chip detectors revealed extensive metal chips resulting in engine replacement. To prevent a recurrence the root cause of the engine chips should be investigated/current maintenance schedule should be evaluated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Bell 407 pilot reported landing as soon as possible after receiving an engine chip light in cruise flight.

Narrative: Engine chip light illuminated under normal cruise flight power settings for ambient conditions causing the pilot to land as soon as possible without incident. No exceedances had previously been recorded on the Rolls-Royce turbine engine and it had met all periodic maintenance requirements. Post flight inspection of the 2 engine chip detectors revealed extensive metal chips resulting in engine replacement. To prevent a recurrence the root cause of the engine chips should be investigated/current maintenance schedule should be evaluated.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.