SDR 2005F00089

Service difficulty report · Case · Lear 35LEAR

Difficulty date
June 15, 2005
Submitted
July 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N882SC
Make and model
Lear 35LEAR
Aircraft serial
590
Aircraft time
10,956 hours
Part
Case
Condition
Split
Location
Condenser
Component
Condenser
Component part number
66080612
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LBB AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS BLOWING HOT AIR. THE CREW REPORTED PROBLEM TO DISPATCH UPON ARRIVING AT ELP AND AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. INSPECTION FROM MAINTENANCE REVEALED THAT CONDENSER CASE HAD SPLIT AND ALL THE FREON HAD DISPERSED THE SYSTEM. RECORDS SHOW THE UNIT HAD BEEN OVERHAULED BY DRAKE AIR ON 6/18/2001.