Service difficulty report · Timer · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
December 13, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft time
6,253 hours
Engine
Alidsg TFE7313AR
Part
Timer
Part number
606543802
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ice Guard
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AC EXPERIENCED SUDDEN INCREASE IN DRAG AND CONTROL VIBRATION WHILE IN CRUISE FLT AFTER LEAVING ICING CONDITIONS. UPON RETURN TO BASE THERE WAS ICE BUILD UP NOTED ON THE HORIZ L/E. THE STAB HEAT BLANKETS WERE FOUND TO BE IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO POWER BEING SUPPLIED TO THE RT STAB L/E SECTION OF THE BLANKET. ALL WIRING FROM THE TIMER TO THE BLANKET WAS FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE, HOWEVER THE K1 RELAY IN THE ICE GUARD TIMER WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND THERE WAS A BURNED WIRE TERMINAL ON THE K1 RELAY A1 TERMINAL. THIS WOULD RESULT IN THE RT STABILIZER HEAT L/E SECTION OF THE DE-ICE BLANKET BEING UNSERVICEABLE AND WOULD ALLOW ICE TO FORM. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.