Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
October 20, 2023
Submitted
October 24, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N812RP
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
190
Aircraft time
10,792 hours, 6,504 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Part
Bypass Valve
Part number
2744148213
Part serial
2AJA
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON 10/20/2023, N812RP WAS DEPARTING KSAT WITH PASSENGERS HEADING TO KELP. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTICED THE DUAL BLEED LIGHTS HAD ILLUMINATED. AFTER RUNNING THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST, THE LIGHTS REMAINED ON AND THE CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO KSAT. ANOTHER ATI AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH MECHANICS AND TO CONTINUE THE TRIP FOR THE PASSENGERS. ATI MAINTENANCE RAN THE ENGINES AND FOUND A BLOWN SEAL IN THE PNEUMATIC DUCT INTO THE FLOW CONTROL VALVE. AFTER TROUBLE SHOOTING THE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM, IT WAS DETERMINED UNCONTROLLED AIR WAS ENTERING THE PNEUMATIC DUCTS AND OVER PRESSURIZED THE TRANSITION TUBE INTO THE FLOW CONTROL VALVE AND BLEW THE SEAL NEAR THIS VALVE, BLEED AIR BLOWING IN THE AREA OF A HEAT SENSOR LOOP ILLUMINATED THE DUAL BLEED LIGHTS. BY THE PNEUMATIC FLOW SCHEMATIC, THE SOURCE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE WING ANTI ICE VALVE ON THE RH ENGINE. PARTS WERE SHIPPED AND THE VALVE AND BLOWN SEAL WAS REPLACED. ENGINES AGAIN WERE RAN AND PNEUMATIC/PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM TESTED. NO LEAKS NOTED AND ALL BLEED AIR SHUT OFF/CONTROL VALVES WORKED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO KELP WITH NO ISSUES REPORTED AND THEN RE INSPECTED. NO DISCREPANCIES/DEFECTS NOTED AT THAT TIME.