Service difficulty report · Eec · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
December 2, 2008
Submitted
December 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N95AG
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
079
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Part
Eec
Part number
1240KDC03005
Part serial
YM493
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
4,989 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LT ENGINE FAILED ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AT FL190. THE CREW REPORTED HEARING A BOOM AND THE 1ST OFFICER NOTICED THE LT ENGINE ROLL BACK. AN AIR START WAS NOT ATTEMPTED AND THE ACFT DIVERTED. REPLACED EEC WITH REPAIRED UNIT. PERFORMED GROUND RUNS AND THE TEST FLIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. MFG SUSPECTS ONE CHANNEL OF THE EEC DEVELOPED A FAULT AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE CHANNEL. THE EEC HAS A LANE-CHANGE RELAY, WHICH IS AN ELECTROMECHANICAL RELAY (AND NOT A SOLID STATE RELAY AS IN THE NEWER EEC`S) WHICH HAS A TENDENCY TO STICK OR TOO SLOW TO SWITCH CONTACTS. WHEN THIS TYPE OF FAILURE OCCURS NEITHER CHANNEL IS IN CONTROL OF THE FUEL FLOW AND FLAMEOUT WILL OCCUR. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE WILL GENERATE A 4C CODE WHICH WAS OBSERVED ON THIS ENGINE. (K)