Service difficulty report · Comms Unit · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
July 8, 2021
Submitted
August 4, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N445N
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45202
Aircraft time
5,776 hours, 4,505 cycles
Part
Comms Unit
Part number
7510733666
Part serial
0908C610
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN "ADS-B FAIL" MESSAGE ON BOTH RTU UNITS AND "TCAS FAIL" MESSAGES ON MFD. WHEN USING BOTH RTS'S ON TRANSPONDER 1, RTU 2 SCREEN REVERTS TO DASHES "------". THE MAINTENANCE TEAM REMOVED THE NO1 COMMUNICATIONS UNIT AND INSTALLED REPAIRED COMMUNICATIONS UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. THE MAINTENANCE TEAM ALSO REPLACED THE NO1 INTEGRATED NAVIGATION UNIT WITH A REPAIRED UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY.