SDR 2012F00062

Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
February 24, 2012
Submitted
March 5, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905RL
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
074
Aircraft time
14,717 hours, 10,137 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT LOST PRESSURIZATION ON CLIMB-OUT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK IAW 21-30-00 AND TEST FLEW AIRPLANE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER SPEAKING WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT MFG, CHECKED THE WEIGH-ON-WHEEL SWITCH LOCATED ON LT MAIN GEAR. FOUND A BROKEN WIRE IN THE WIRING BUNDLE. INSTALLED AN ENVIROMENTAL SPLICE AND OPS CHECKED THE SYS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. SUSPECT THE WIRE WAS MAKING INCONSISTANT CONTINUITY PUTTING THE ACFT INTO GROUND CONFIGURATION AND OPENING THE OUTFLOW VALVES IN FLIGHT.