Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Lear 31A

Difficulty date
July 12, 2015
Submitted
July 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163AL
Make and model
Lear 31A
Aircraft serial
053
Aircraft time
9,206 hours, 7,809 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312
Engine time
9,039 hours, 7,690 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
307080022
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
2,626 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT ENG FUEL COMPUTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY ROLL BACK OF RT ENG. ENG SUBSEQUENTLY SHUTDOWN. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE ON SINGLE ENG. DOWNLOAD OF FUEL COMPUTER IDENTIFIED FAULT IN THE PLA OF THE FUEL CONTROL. FUEL CONTROL CHANGED. PLA FUNCTION NORMAL, HOWEVER ENG WOULD NOT LIGHT OFF DURING START. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED BAD FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP REPLACED.

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