Service difficulty report · Gasket · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
October 29, 2006
Submitted
October 30, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N256FX
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
257
Aircraft time
3,506 hours, 2,420 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Part
Gasket
Part number
54190521
Condition
Failed
Location
Bleed Air
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THE BLEED AIR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. THEY PULLED POWER BACK AND BOTH LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THEY THEN FOLLOWED THE AFM CHECKLIST BY FIRST TURNING OFF THE RT, THEN THE LT BLEED SYSTEMS. BOTH LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH EITHER SYSTEM OFF. ASKED IF THE PILOT EVER HAD BOTH BLEED SYSTEMS OFF AT THE SAME TIME, AND PILOT CONFIRMED THEY WERE NEVER SELECTED OFF AT THE SAME TIME. PILOT STATED THEY THEN SET THE RT SYSTEM TO EMERGENCY AND TURNED THE LT SYSTEM OFF IAW THE AFM. AS THEY DESCENDED THROUGH THE MID 20'S, THE BLEED AIR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AND THEY PROCEEDED ON TO LANDING. MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THEY FOUND GASKET P/N: 5419052-1 (LR 60 IPC REF: 21-20-41 ITEM 34) WAS BLOWING DIR