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An sk-76C helicopter flight crew followed appropriate emergency procedures and landed using single engine techniques following receipt of a chip detector warning in the number two engine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 962890 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | S-76/S-76 Mark II |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 12300 Flight Crew Type 6150 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 6932 Flight Crew Type 1979 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
During cruise flight the number two engine chip detector light illuminated. Crew performed emergency checklist; which advises landing as soon as practicable. We continued to our destination airport; declared an emergency and requested landing runway 34. Tower cleared us for landing and activated their emergency response plan. We accomplished a single engine running landing; with number two engine in the idle position. Airport crash fire rescue equipment vehicles followed us to ramp and obtained written report from the crew members.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An SK-76C helicopter flight crew followed appropriate emergency procedures and landed using single engine techniques following receipt of a chip detector warning in the number two engine.
Narrative: During cruise flight the number two engine chip detector light illuminated. Crew performed emergency checklist; which advises landing as soon as practicable. We continued to our destination airport; declared an emergency and requested landing Runway 34. Tower cleared us for landing and activated their emergency response plan. We accomplished a single engine running landing; with number two engine in the idle position. Airport CFR vehicles followed us to ramp and obtained written report from the crew members.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.