SDR 2011F00085

Service difficulty report · Actuator · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
April 5, 2011
Submitted
April 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808WG
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
112
Aircraft time
6,514 hours, 4,388 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
501171102
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, CREW WAS TAXIING TO FBO WHEN NOSE STEERING CONTROL WAS LOST. CREW WAS ABLE TO USE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING AND ENGINE THRUST TO GET ACFT TO THE FBO. MX WAS THEN NOTIFIED. A MX TEAM WAS DISPATCHED AND WAS ABLE TO CONFIRMED THE DISCRPANCY. ATTEMPTED TO CALIBRATE THE NOSE STEERING COMPUTER BUT COULD NOT CALIBRATE. INSTALL A REPAIRED NOSE STEERING COMPUTER AND ATTEMPTED TO CALIBRATE REPAIRED COMPUTER, COULD NOT CALIBRATE. INSTALLED ORIGINAL COMPUTER BACK INTO ACFT. CHECKED FOR VOLTAGE AT PIN 19 OF J2 NOSE STRUT SERVO POWER, 28 VDC NOTED. CHECKED FOR VOLTAGE AT PIN 12 OF J2 DRIVE TO NOSE STRUT SERVO, 10 VDC NOTED. CHECKED FOR VOLTAGE AT PIN 13 OF J2 DRIVE TO NOSE STRUT SERVO, 10 VDC NOTED. SUSPECTED NOSE STEERING SERVO ACTUATOR WAS BAD. INSTALLED REPAIRED NOSE WHEEL STEERING ACTUATOR, CALIBRATED NOSE STEERING COMPUTER, AND PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF DIGITAL NOSE STEERING WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT WAS THEN RELEASED TO SERVICE.