Service difficulty report · Throttle Cable · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
December 22, 2019
Submitted
January 9, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N721EC
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35355
Aircraft time
14,774 hours, 12,628 cycles
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Throttle Cable
Part number
66003296
Part serial
0315
Condition
Severed
Location
Zone 400
Part time
14,774 hours, 12,628 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AS REPORTED BY PILOTS: "WE WERE MEDEVAC STATUS DEPARTING PHL BOUND FOR YIP WITH 3 PAX ON BOARD. NORMAL ENGINE START AND TAXI FROM ATLANTIC FBO RAMP TO APPROACH END OF RWY35. CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RWY35. AS I MOVED THE POWER LEVERS FORWARD TO SET TAKEOFF POWER, JUST ABOUT AT THE END OF TRAVEL, I NOTICE THE AIRCRAFT VEERING STRONGLY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT I HAD LIMITED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, I BROUGHT THE POWER LEVERS BACK TO IDLE, AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. AIRSPEED WAS WELL BELOW 40KTS AT THE TIME OF ABORT. WE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND REQUESTED TAXI BACK." ADDITIONALLY, PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE R/H ENGINE HAD SHUT DOWN UPON APPLICATION OF TAKEOFF POWER, NOTICING THE MWS ANNUNCIATORS DENOTING "LO OIL PRESSURE, LO FUEL PRESSURE, R GEN FAILURE, ETC..."

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