Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
March 8, 2011
Submitted
March 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N990LC
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
483
Aircraft time
10,337 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE7315A
Engine time
10,230 hours
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Part time
10,337 hours, 8,812 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CRUISING AT FL400 FOR APPROX 1 HR 45 MIN WITH NO INDICATION AT ANYTIME, SUSPECTED LIGHT EMERGENCY BLEED AIR ACTIVATED, SUSPECTED LIGHT DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE CABIN TEMP. WITH A DISTINCT HOT ODOR FILLING UP IN THE ACFT CABIN, THE FLIGHT CREW DESCENDED TO FL100, BEGAN CHECK LIST PROCEDURES TO CYCLE THE PRESSURIZATION SWITCH TO MANUAL MODE AND THEN BACK TO AUTO. BLEED VALVE APPEARED TO RESET, CABIN TEMP STABILIZED. FLIGHT CREW SLOWING ASCENDED TO FL240, CABIN TEMP WAS STABILE. FLIGHT CREW DECIDED TO ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND LAND TO HAVE FURTHER MX PERFORMED ON THE ACFT. THE TECH CONDUCTED A GROUND ENGINE RUN AND PRESSURIZED THE ACFT. PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION CHECK OF THE SYS, SEVERAL CYCLES THROUGH. NO FAULTS FOUND, SYS FUNCTION NORMAL. FLIGHT CREW THEN CONTINUED ON TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION WITH NO FAULT NOTED.

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