Service difficulty report · Connector · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
June 12, 2013
Submitted
June 13, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N61SJ
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
55081
Aircraft time
15,421 hours, 9,439 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313A
Part
Connector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Temp Control
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, BETWEEN 150 AND 170, CABIN AREA BECAME UNCOMFORTABLY WARM. CREW NOTICED CABIN TEMPERATURE INDICATOR WAS INDICATING FULL HOT AND WOULD NOT MOVE IN AUTO MODE. TEMPERATURE CONTROL WAS MOVED TO MANUAL AND TEMP INDICATOR MOVED TOWARDS COOL. AFTER LANDING, TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS LEFT IN MANUAL MODE AND CYCLED FROM HOT TO COLD SEVERAL TIMES. MANUAL MODE FUNCTIONS SEEMED NORMAL. ON INSPECTION, A PIN WAS FOUND PUSHED OUT OF THE CABIN TEMP CONTROL BOX CONNECTOR. PIN REPLACED AND RESET INTO CONNECTOR, AUTO MODE WAS TESTED ON GROUND AND FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY.