Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
November 17, 2008
Submitted
November 19, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N568PA
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
205
Aircraft time
15,202 hours, 6,965 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Bleed Switch
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON LIFT OFF, CREW NOTED FUMES AND SMOKE IN ACFT, AND THE ACFT PRESSURIZATION SYS WAS IN EMERGENCY. POWER WAS REDUCED AND ENGINE BLEED AIR SWITCHES WERE CYCLED, BUT LT ENGINE REMAINED IN EMERGENCY. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO GET PRIORITY LANDING AND RETURNED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED, AND TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A BROKEN WIRE ON THE LT ENGINE BLEED CONTROL SWITCH LOCATED ON THE CO-PILOT`S INSTRUMENT PANEL. WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND SYS TESTED NORMALLY ON THE GROUND AND SUBSEQUENT TEST FLIGHT.

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