Service difficulty report · Indicator · Amd FALCON10

Difficulty date
December 1, 2011
Submitted
December 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77SF
Make and model
Amd FALCON10
Aircraft serial
141
Aircraft time
12,058 hours, 12,491 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73121C
Part
Indicator
Part number
152BL714A
Part serial
338
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Part time
12,058 hours, 12,491 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE NR 1 ITT INDICATOR WENT TO ZERO. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO HOME BASE WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE, DURING RETURN FLIGHT THE INDICATOR BEGAN TO WORK BUT WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL AND ERRATIC. THE GAUGE WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM THE PANEL AND THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUPLICATED BY TAPPING ON THE BACK OF THE GAUGE. THE GAUGE WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT AND GROUND OPERATIONS CHECKS WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.