SDR 2014F00127

Service difficulty report · Gasket · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
June 24, 2014
Submitted
June 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N51FN
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
069
Aircraft time
14,748 hours, 9,667 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312
Engine time
14,098 hours, 9,376 cycles
Part
Gasket
Part number
66003355
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hp Bleed
Part time
14,098 hours, 9,376 cycles
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

LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMBOUT, PASSING THROUGH 5000 MSL. THROTTLE WAS REDUCED AND INDICATION WENT AWAY. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE, UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE HP BLEED DUCT AT 12:00 POSITION HAD AN OLDER STYLE PAPER GASKET INSTALLED AND WAS FOUND TO BE BURNED OUT CAUSING THE BLEED LEAK AND FIRE INDICATION. AREA WAS DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED. NEW METAL STYLE GASKET WAS INSTALLED. ENGINE RUNS COMPLETED WITH NO BLEED LEAK NOTED AND NO FIRE INDICATION. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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