Service difficulty report · Seal · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
March 20, 2016
Submitted
March 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N90XR
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
2090
Aircraft time
4,768 hours, 4,029 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312
Engine time
4,768 hours, 4,029 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
4557600158007
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Aileron
Part time
4,768 hours, 4,029 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FL380, THE CREW GOT AN AMBER AP AIL MISTRIM CAS MSG. AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED TO FIND THAT THEY HAD NO AILERON CONTROL. CONTROL WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE FROM THE CTR POSITION. PERFORMED ROLL DISCONNECT, WAS ABLE TO CONTROL ACFT & LANDED. AFTER ACFT SHUTDOWN, THE CREW LET ABOUT 10 MIN GO BY, AT WHICH POINT THEY RE-ENGAGED ROLL DISCONNECT & THE CONTROL WHEEL & AILERON CONTROL OPERATED NORMALLY. INSPECTED AILERON SYS WITH NO CABLE OR TRAVEL DEFECTS NOTED. THEY NOTED AILERON BRUSH SEALS WERE DRY & SHOULD BE LUBED. DRY BRUSHES ALONG WITH THE RAIN STORM FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY CAUSED THE BRUSHES TO HOLD WATER & UPON CLIMB OUT THEY FROZE TO THE AILERON. THE FREQUENCY OF BRUSH SEAL LUBE IS NOW AT 12MTHS. THEY WERE BEING LUBED EVERY 300HRS.