Service difficulty report · Filter · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
January 31, 2016
Submitted
February 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N61SJ
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
55081
Aircraft time
16,498 hours, 10,195 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313A
Engine time
13,813 hours, 9,791 cycles
Part
Filter
Part number
1737800
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Zone 100
Part time
1,000 hours, 1,000 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, X
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPART, CLIMBING THROUGH 34000', THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE MASTER WARNING FLASHING, LT FUEL PRESS LIGHT FLASHED MOMENTARILY, WENT OUT & THEN CAME BACK ON. THE LT STANDBY PUMP WAS SWITCHED ON, ALL ENG INSTRUMENTS AT FIRST WERE INDICATING NORMAL. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE LT ENG BEGAN TO SPOOL BACK, THE LT OIL PRESS LIGHT CAME ON, THE LT POWER LEVER WAS MOVED TO IDLE & THE ENG SHUTDOWN SHORTLY THEREAFTER. CTR WAS CALLED & RETURNED WAS REQUESTED & GRANTED. DESCENDING THROUGH 28000' AFTER COMPLETING THEIR FUEL PRESS CHECKLIST, THE ENG RESTARTED & ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE ACFT WAS LANDED SAFELY BACK WITH BOTH ENGS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. PERFORMED A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE ENG & AIRFRAME FUEL SYSTEMS. A SMALL SECTION OF THE O RING ON THE LT WING FUEL FILLER CAP WAS FOUND OUT OF ITS GROOVE & FOLDED UNDER THE CAP. ALL OF THE FUEL ON BOARD WAS DRAINED, APPROX ONE QUART OF WATER WAS FOUND IN THE LT WING TANK, NONE IN THE FUSELAGE TANK OR THE RT WING. THE LT ENG LOW PRESS FUEL FILTER APPEARED COLLAPSED & THE RT LOOKED NORMAL. THE FUEL CAP & BOTH LOW PRESS FUEL FILTERS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW. A TEST FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED UP TO 38000' & SAFELY LANDED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.