Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
June 24, 2016
Submitted
June 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N824MG
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
55106
Aircraft time
15,623 hours, 10,316 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313A
Part
Wire
Condition
Pulled
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON THE AFTERNOON OF 6-24-2016, ACFT DEPARTED, AT FL290, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE NR 2 ENGINE HAD STARTED A SLIGHT ROLLBACK ON THE N1 AND N2 INDICATORS. THEY ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE TO THEIR CRUISING ALTITUDE, THE ROLLBACK CONTINUED AND GRADUALLY GOT WORSE. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO DIVERT, CONTACTED TRAFFIC CONTROL AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ROLL BACK. MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTED THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO LOOK AT THE N2 MONOPOLE CONNECTOR, THEY FOUND A WIRE HAD PULLED OUT OF A PIN ON THIS CONNECTOR. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED, 2 HIGH POWER ENGINE RUNS WERE COMPLETED WITH NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED. THE ACFT HAS SINCE COMPLETED 4 LEGS WITH NO ISSUES REPORTED.