Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Lear 31

Difficulty date
August 8, 2012
Submitted
August 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N103JL
Make and model
Lear 31
Aircraft serial
026
Aircraft time
7,660 hours, 6,887 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
660841610
Condition
Failed
Location
Master Warning
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN THE DESCENT PORTION OF THIS FLIGHT, THE FIRE T HANDLES, BOTH FIRE EXTINGUISHER ARMED LIGHTS, BOTH MASTER CAUTION WARNING LIGHTS, SECONDARY INVERTER LIGHT, AND A SPARE WARNING LIGHT ALL ILLUMINATED AT THE SAME TIME. CREW OBSERVED NORMAL ENGINE INDICATIONS (ITT, OIL TEMP, ETC), FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST FOR THE SECONDARY INVERTER (WHICH DIDN'T CHANGE THE SITUATION), AND CAME TO THE CONCUSION THAT THESE WERE ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS. CREW LANDED SAFELY. MX TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE AND DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER WARNING CONTROL UNIT HAD FAILED. MX REPLACED THE MASTER WARNING CONTROL UNIT WHICH CLEARED THE DISCREPANCY. NO FURTHER ISSUES WITH THE INDICATION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN NOTED.

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