Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
December 5, 2022
Submitted
December 5, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N448GL
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
60206
Aircraft time
7,164 hours, 5,369 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Control Switch
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEPARTING KCNM FLYING TO KLAS, CAPTAIN NOTICED BOTH ENGINE BLEED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF AN OVERHEAT CONDITION. ALL GAUGES, TEMPS AND INDICATORS WERE ALL NORMAL. CAPTAIN NOTIFIED ATI MAINTENANCE INFORMING THEM OF THE SITUATION, MAINTENANCE SUGGESTED THEY LAND IN ELP. AIRCRAFT WAS HALF WAY TO KELP AND IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE SAME TIME TO RETURN TO CNM. MAINTENANCE OPENED THE TAIL WAS OPENED TO CHECK FOR LEAKS. TEMPS WERE NORMAL WHEN THE COMPARTMENT WAS ACCESSED. A LEAK IN THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM WOULD'VE MADE THE TAIL SECTION VERY WARM/HOT. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING BLEED AIR SYSTEM, SYSTEM INCORPORATES A RESET OF SOME ITEMS WHICH IS THE TAIL CONE. MAINTENANCE LIGHT SWITCH & IS PART OF THE MAINTENANCE WARNING PANEL IN THE TAIL CONE. THE GROUND WIRE ON THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT SWITCH HAD COME LOSE AND TOUCHED THE POWER WIRE ACTIVATING THE BLEED LIGHT WARNING ANNUNCIATORS. THE GROUND WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT CURRENT LIMITER REPLACED. THE BLEED AIR LIGHTS RESET, BOTH ENGINE WERE THEN RUN UP TO FULL POWER AND A LEAK CHECK OF THE TAIL SECTION BLEED AIR LINES COMPLETED, THERE WERE NO LEAKS AND NO BLEED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.