Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
July 7, 2013
Submitted
July 16, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N403LS
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
452124
Aircraft time
2,661 hours, 1,517 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
4517561
Part serial
K38569
Condition
Burned
Location
A/C System
Part time
2,661 hours, 1,517 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, A, H
Precautionary procedure
H, D

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

What was found

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED DURING TAXI OUT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIR CONDITIONING POWER PANEL PN 45-1756-1 HAD SEVERAL LOOSE CONNECTIONS AND 2 CONNECTIONS WITH NO HARDWARE WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POWER PANEL. THE LOOSE AND MISSING HARDWARE RESULTED IN SEVER ARCHING AND OVERHEATING OF THE PANEL ASSY RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE FIRE.