Service difficulty report · Lever · Lear 23LEAR

Difficulty date
May 10, 2022
Submitted
May 10, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N618P
Make and model
Lear 23LEAR
Aircraft serial
452076
Aircraft time
8,191 hours, 6,726 cycles
System (JASC)
5755 · Spoilers
Part
Lever
Part number
4527603010001
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Installed
Location
Zone 500
Part time
8,191 hours, 6,727 cycles
Component
Spoiler · Lear · UKN
Component part number
3A2249A
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN REGARDS TO THE FLIGHT OKC 618 KBRY TO KLEE ON MAY 5TH, 2022. WE JUST HAD THE SPOILERS WORKED AT KBRY FOR A CONFIGURATION WARNING COMING FROM THE SPOILERS, IVL AT 370, APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOCAL. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ON BUMP OF SEVERE "TURBULENCE." NO INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT OF ANYTHING ABNORMAL WERE IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED, ATC WAS ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE, WITH ATC RESPONDING THAT NOTHING HAD RECENTLY CROSSED AROUND THAT AREA, AND THE SURROUND AIR WAS COMPLETELY SMOOTH. I GOT UP TO GO LOOK AT THE WINGS, THEY APPEARED NORMAL. JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO RETURN TO THE COCKPIT, LOGAN MY COPILOT (PILOT FLYING) CALLED OUT THAT WE HAD JUST GOT A SPOILER FAIL CAS MASSAGE. WE IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A DIVERSION TO TTYS, RAN THE RELEVANT CHECKLIST WHICH CLEARED THE CAS MASSAGE. WE DIVERTED ENTIRELY UNEVENTFULLY TO TYS, NO APPARENT DAMAGE, EVERYTHING OPS CHECK NORMAL. I'M REFUSING TO FLY IT UNTIL MAINTENANCE INSPECTS CONTROL RIGGING. KYLE DELLINGER (PILOT)