Service difficulty report · Blanket · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
May 18, 2006
Submitted
June 5, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N417AM
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
123
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Blanket
Part number
40653481
Condition
Damaged
Location
Stabilizer
Component
Horz Stab L/E
Component part number
23320007
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN FLIGHT. CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN COCKPIT, THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. CREW DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO RT HORIZONTAL STAB ICE GUARD BLANKET DURING THERE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. IB SECTION OF THE RT ICE GUARD BLANKET WAS DAMAGED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY MECHANICS, WAS NOTED THAT A HOLE HAD BEEN MADE IN THE HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE BY THE ARCING OF THE HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE ICE GUARD BLANKET WIRING. THE RT HORIZONTAL STAB LEADING EDGE AND ICE GUARD BLANKET WERE REPLACED. (K)