Service difficulty report · Sensing Element · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
June 15, 2016
Submitted
June 23, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N599TA
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
212
Aircraft time
8,256 hours, 7,494 cycles
Engine
Hnywl TFE73120BR
Engine time
8,156 hours, 6,419 cycles
Part
Sensing Element
Part number
74412135
Condition
Shorted
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
8,256 hours, 7,494 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT, AT APPROXIMATELY FL200, THE RT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. POWER WAS REDUCED ON THE AFFECTED ENGINE AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO ACTUAL FIRE. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THE RT ENGINE, HOT SECTION ELEMENT WAS SHORTED. AFTER THE PART WAS REMOVED AND WHILE BEING EXAMINED, IT BROKE APPROXIMATELY 8" FROM ONE END. A SERVICEABLE, NEW PART WAS INSTALLED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.