Service difficulty report · Coupling · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
June 16, 2016
Submitted
June 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N322G
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
55008
Aircraft time
9,226 hours, 6,220 cycles
Part
Coupling
Part number
14J3424A
Condition
Worn
Location
Tailcone
Part time
9,226 hours, 6,220 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, I

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED A FLUCTUATION IN THE ROC INDICATOR, THEN A POP SOUND, FOLLOWED BY WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE A CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION. EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DECENT AT WHICH THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF AT FL17.