Service difficulty report · Sensing Element · Lear 36A

Difficulty date
May 3, 2016
Submitted
May 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16FN
Make and model
Lear 36A
Aircraft serial
027
Aircraft time
13,679 hours, 6,859 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73122B
Engine time
13,529 hours, 6,794 cycles
Part
Sensing Element
Part number
74403915
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

ON 3 MAY 2016 AT APPROX 2100 Z WITH 2 SOULS ONBOARD, 1 HR INTO FLIGHT WHILE OPERATING AT 24,000 FT MSL, THE NR 2 RT ENG FIRE & MSTR WARN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. REDUCED THE RT THROTTLE TO IDLE & THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 3 SECS. DECLARED AN EMER & ATC PROVIDED VECTORS, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, AFTER 2 MINS THE RT ENG WAS SHUT DOWN & TAXIED BACK TO THE LINE. PERFORMED HIGH POWER RUN, INSPECTED FOR BLEED AIR LEAKS WITH NO ADVERSE RESULTS. ALL 3 FIRE SENSING ELEMENTS WERE CHECKED & THE LOWER UNIT WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOW RESISTANCE. THE PART WAS CHANGED OUT, GND TESTED, ENG RUN UP ACCOMPLISHED & RTS. THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION OF INSTALLATION TIMES & CYCLES OF FAILED SENSING ELEMENT THAT CAN BE LOCATED.

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