SDR 99ZZZX2488

Service difficulty report · Valve · Lear 24B

Difficulty date
June 24, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N254JT
Make and model
Lear 24B
Aircraft serial
181
Part
Valve
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Static System
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING PILOT'S SIDE STATIC SYSTEM FOR LEAKS, FOUND THE ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE CONTROL VALVE WAS NOT THE PROPER LEARJET VALVE. THE VALVE THAT WAS INSTALLED WAS A HARDWARE STORE VARIETY NATURAL GAS VALVE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THIS VALVE LEAKED. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THIS VALVE WAS INSTALLED. THE VALVE WAS REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT PART.

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