Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
November 23, 2020
Submitted
November 30, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N73CK
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
092
Aircraft time
25,394 hours, 20,214 cycles
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
70008840
Condition
Tripped
Location
Dc Buss
Part time
3,871 hours, 2,543 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS. CREW WERE PERFORMING TRAINING ON RETURN LEG FROM KTEB OVER ATC APPROVED AREA NEAR HOME BASE KYIP. LEFT ESSENTIAL DC BUSS 40 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED CAUSING THE 20 AMP ESSENTIAL BUSS TIE CIRCUIT TO TRIP. THIS RESULTED IN THE PARTIAL LOSS OF DC POWER. CREW REQUESTED ATC TO RETURN TO KYIP IN EMERGENCY SITUATION. REPLACED 40 AMP ESSENTIAL BUSS CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH NEW UNIT. PERFORMED ELECTRICAL LOAD CHECKS AND BUSS CHECKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEARJET 35/36/35A/36A MM-99 CHAPTER 24. AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN FOLLOWING REPAIR WITH NO ISSUES OR DEFECTS NOTED.

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