Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
December 14, 2011
Submitted
January 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N456CL
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
456
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Aujtopilot Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

AFTER LEVEL OFF, HEARD A BANG, NOTICED AC STARTED TO DUTCH ROLL AND AP DISCONNECTED. INITIATED EMER DESCENT AND AC FLIGHT STABILIZED. NOTICED AFCS YAW CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED AND PRI AND SEC YAW DAMPER WAS INOPERATIVE, CREW ELECTED TO NOT RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, SO AS NOT TO INDUCE FURTHER COMPLICATIONS, RETURN TO DEPARTURE. MX REPRODUCED DISCREPANCIES. FOUND 3 BROKEN OR PARTIALLY BROKEN WIRES AT THE PRI YAW DAMPER COMPUTER CONNECTOR NR AP200. THE CAUSE OF THE BROKEN WIRES IS DUE TO AGING ACFT ISSUES. LACK OF STRAIN ON THE PRIMARY YAW DAMPER CONNECTOR FROM ORIGINAL PRODUCTION ALLOWING WIRES TO BE FLEXED CAUSING WORK HARDENING AND SUBSEQUENT BREAKAGE.

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