Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
June 26, 2013
Submitted
June 27, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N549PA
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35A119
Aircraft time
19,025 hours, 12,497 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Engine time
14,202 hours, 7,980 cycles
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Tripped
Location
Modulation Valve
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW DISCOVERED ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AND AIR CONDITIONING SYS WOULD ONLY PRODUCE HEAT. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL, DISCOVERED CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR RT MODULATION VALVE WAS TRIPPED. RESET TRIPPED BREAKER AND PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF SYS. CIRCUIT BREAKER REMAINED SET AND SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT CONTINUED ON TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ON ARRIVAL, ACFT INSPECTED AND AN OPS CHECK OF THE SYS WAS PERFORMED IAW MM. RT MODULATION VALVE CIRCUIT BREAKER REMAINED SET AND SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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