Service difficulty report · Connector · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
April 16, 2014
Submitted
April 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N59
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
080
Aircraft time
6,880 hours, 3,154 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuel Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RIGHT FUEL GAUGE SHOWED A RAPID RATE OF FUEL LOSS FOR A SHORT TIME & THEN REVERTED TO AN ERROR CODE 2. RATE 100 LBS PER 10 SECONDS INDICATED LOSS. FUEL TOTAL WAS COMING DOWN IN SYNC WITH THE FUEL LOSS INDICATION. FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED TO BE A BROKEN CONNECTOR FOR THE FUEL INDICATING SYS. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPAIRED & SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD.