Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
August 13, 2010
Submitted
August 14, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N35GC
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
266
Aircraft time
7,939 hours, 7,108 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Unknown
Condition
Multiple Fail
Location
C/B Panel
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
B, A
Precautionary procedure
H, G

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

What was found

ON VISUAL APPROACH, EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN ACFT. SELECTED FLAPS 8, AND COMPLIED WITH SPEED RESTRICTION OF 170 KNOTS, STARTED A DECENT FROM 2000 FT. FELT CABIN LOSE PRESSURIZATION AND GREEN NOSE WHEEL STEERING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT NOSE WHEEL STEERING BUTTON SELECTED . CONTINUED TO FLY ACFT, HAD PILOT EVALUATE SITUATION. CHECKED CIRCUIT BREAKERS. CABIN BREAKER HAD POPPED, WITNESSED ‘NAV LIGHT’ CIRCUIT BREAKER POP WITH SEVERAL OTHER CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPING IN SUCCESSION. WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM LT CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL, TURNING DARK BLACK SMOKE WITH A GLOW YELLOW FLAME. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFTER MLG WAS DOWN & LOCKED & FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED, SHUTOFF BOTH BATTERIES. AFTER LANDING, SHUTDOWN BOTH ENGINES.

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