Service difficulty report · Eec · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
October 24, 2020
Submitted
October 29, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N50FW
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
058
Aircraft time
4,325 hours, 2,408 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Engine time
4,325 hours, 2,409 cycles
Part
Eec
Part number
1240KDC04005
Part serial
YM642
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
4,325 hours, 2,409 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON APPROACH BACK TO FLL FROM SCHEDULED TEST FLIGHT FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL AND ENGINE FLAME-OUT OF THE RT ENGINE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE RT ENGINE EEC HAD FAILED CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE EEC WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. GROUND RUNS WERE PERFORMED AND A TEST FLIGHT WITH NO ISSUES. AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS.