Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
October 8, 2018
Submitted
October 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N924PS
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
60050
Aircraft time
11,272 hours, 7,384 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
356203255
Condition
Chafed
Location
Tailcone
Part time
11,272 hours, 7,384 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KAPF HEADING TO KSUS, AT APPROXIMATELY 24 THOUSAND FEET AND 25 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, BOTH ENGINE BLEED AIR LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING BLEED AIR LEAK IN THE TAIL CONE AREA. THE CREW PULLED POWER BACK TO LIMIT BLEED AIR, THE LIGHT STAYED ON. THEY THEN CYCLED THE BLEED AIR SWITCHES ONE AT A TIME AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THE CAPTAIN THEN DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY DIVERSION INTO KPIE WERE THEY LANDED SAFELY. THE PASSENGERS WERE MOVED TO ANOTHER COMPANY AIRCRAFT. THE CREW COMPLETED FULL POWER RUNS WHILE ON THE GROUND, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF THE BLEED AIR DISCREPANCY. THE CREW FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO KELP AT 14 THOUSAND FEET. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN ELP WITH NO FURTHER BLEED LIGHT INDICATIONS. THE TAIL CONE AREA WAS CHECKED FOR LEAKS WITH ENGINES RUNNING AT FULL POWER, NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. ONE OF THREE TAIL CONE FIRE LOOPS WAS FOUND CHAFING ON METAL STRUCTURE IN THE TAIL CONE AREA. THE FIRE LOOP WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED A 45 TEST FLIGHT TO 30 THOUSAND FEET WITH NO BLEED LIGHT INDICATIONS.