Service difficulty report · Isolation Valve · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
April 1, 2022
Submitted
April 25, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87SK
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45317
Aircraft time
4,802 hours, 3,609 cycles
Part
Isolation Valve
Part number
LJ78352005
Part serial
0932
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING THE LEFT THRUST REVERSER DID NOT ARE, "L REV" FAULT CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. OPERATIONS WERE CONTINUED PER MEL 78-30-01-02. AT MAINTENANCE, THE MAINTENANCE TEAM REACTIVATED THE LEFT AND RIGHT THRUST REVERSER FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. A LEFT DEPLOY SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE INTERMITTENT AND LEFT ISOLATION PRESSURE SWITCH TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE TEAM REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT AND RIGGED DEPLOY SWITCH. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ISOLATION VALVE WITH OVERHAULED UNIT. PERFORMED THRUST REVERSER BLEED AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS AND LEAK CHECK OF THE ISOLATION VALVE. NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THRUST REVERSER GOOD AT THIS TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.