Service difficulty report · Drive Assy · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
November 28, 2005
Submitted
December 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
212
Aircraft time
1,169 hours, 935 cycles
Part
Drive Assy
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, SELECTED FLAPS 8 DGS, AUX HYDRAULIC PUMP ON. HEARD THUMPING NOISE, THEN AMBER L/R HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW CAS. SELECTED HYDRAULIC PAGE, SAW L AND R AMBER MAIN PUMPS WITH MAIN PRESSURE DROPPING THROUGH 1900 PSI. STARTED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST, THUMPING STOPPED, PRESSURE INCREASED TO 3070 PSI, CAS MESSAGE AND AMBER PUMPS CLEARED. AMBER FLAPS FAULT ILLUMINATED. FLAPS STUCK AT 2 DGS DOWN. RAN ABNORMAL CHECKLIST FOR BOTH PROBLEMS. NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION ACQUIRED, NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE ACHIEVED, BUT COULD NOT CORRECT FLAP FAULT. LANDED WITH 2 DGS FLAPS DOWN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FLAP PDU. OPS CHECK NORMAL