Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 36LEAR

Difficulty date
July 30, 2014
Submitted
August 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71PG
Make and model
Lear 36LEAR
Aircraft serial
36013
Aircraft time
20,644 hours, 8,612 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312B
Engine time
18,786 hours, 8,424 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND THE NR 5 WIRE ON THE RT MLG SAFETY SWITCH SHORTED TO GROUND. REPAIRED THE WIRE AND OPERATED THE SYSTEM AND THE SYSTEM OPS CHECKED NORMAL IAW MM.