Service difficulty report · Adc · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
June 25, 2007
Submitted
June 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
165
Aircraft time
5,360 hours, 4,042 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312
Part
Adc
Part number
703070071704
Part serial
05040424
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
A, B

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

What was found

AT FL350 CREW GOT (RUDDER BOOST INOP), (PRIMARY PITCH TRIM), (MACH TRIM FAIL) FAULTS. CABIN PRESSURE BEGAN DUMPING AND A SPLIT BETWEEN THE PILOT/ COPILOT AIRSPEED OF 140KTS. CREW INITIATED EMERGENCY DESCENT RED CABIN ALT CAS ILLUMINATED DURING DESCENT WITH CABIN DIFFERENTIAL INDICATION DASHED OUT SECOND OCCURRENCE OF SIMILAR PROBLEM. TO CORRECT PREVIOUS EVENT, MX REPLACED AN AIR DATA COMPUTER. FSR BELIEVES A BAD ADC WAS INSTALLED (POSSIBLY AN NFF UNIT) MX INSTALLED A RECERTIFIED ADC IN THE NR 2 POSITION AND MOVED THE NR 2 ADC TO THE NR 1 POSITION. GROUND TESTING AND RUNS NORMAL CHECK FLIGHT WILL BE PERFORMED AND AIRCRAFT MONITORED CLOSELY.