Service difficulty report · Smoke · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
April 24, 2006
Submitted
April 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
114
Aircraft time
4,690 hours, 3,461 cycles
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AT FL 410 CABIN FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE. IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN EMERGENCY DESCENT FROM FL410 INITIATED. O2 MASKS WERE DEPLOYED AND USED. LANDING AND TAXI WERE UNEVENTFUL. LEARJET ENGINEERING AND JET SOLUTIONS REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVOLVED IN THE CAUSAL INVESTIGATION. PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTS A PRESSURIZATION PACK FAILURE.