Service difficulty report · Knob · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
December 9, 2015
Submitted
December 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N362FW
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35362
Aircraft time
16,052 hours, 12,571 cycles
Part
Knob
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Component
Regulator · Puritanbenet
Component part number
17218005
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FAR 135.415 REPORT. PILOT REPORTED DEPARTING, WHEN THEY PERFORMED O2 MASK CHECK, CLIMBING THROUGH 18,000' OXYGEN SYS INDICATOR DROPPED TO 0 PSI & THEY RETURNED. FOUND THE ON & OFF SELECTOR KNOB FOR THE O2 BOTTLE INDICATING THE ON POSITION. DURING FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING THE CAP ON THE SELECTOR KNOB WHICH COVERS THE ATTACH BOLT WAS REMOVED SHOWING MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE KEYED BOSS OF THE SELECTOR KNOB WHICH ROTATES THE REGULATOR ON & OFF SHAFT. THIS ALLOWED THE KNOB TO BE ROTATED INTO THE ON POSITION WITHOUT ROTATING THE REGULATOR SHAFT COMPLETELY TO THE ON POSITION. R & R THE OXYGEN BOTTLE & REGULATOR ASSEMBLY & OPERATIONS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.

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