Service difficulty report · Switch · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
January 1, 2019
Submitted
March 19, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N898PA
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
111
Aircraft time
10,674 hours, 7,623 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
47021
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
10,674 hours, 7,623 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT FL400 “L FUEL PRESS” AMBER ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. CREW INITIATED RELEVANT CHECKLIST. LEFT ENGINE ROLLBACK OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2 MIN AFTER ANNUNCIATION. AN INFLIGHT ENGINE RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED BUT UNSUCCESSFUL. IN THE PROCESS OF TROUBLESHOOTING AND CHECKLIST PROCEDURES IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT JET PUMP SWITCH WAS IN THE “OFF” POSITION, WAS NOT ANNUNCIATING CORRECTLY AND WOULD NOT LATCH IN THE “JET PUMP” POSITION. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE GROUND CONFIRMED THE FAILURE OF THE JETPUMP SWITCH PART NUMBER: 4702-1. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.