Service difficulty report · Master Switch · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
February 14, 2013
Submitted
February 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N38PS
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
206
Aircraft time
11,686 hours, 9,439 cycles
Part
Master Switch
Part number
MS250893A
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FAILURE OF PRIMARY PITCH TRIM. AFTER ROTATION, PF NOTICED INCREASED CONTROL PRESSURES REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT ATTITUDE, DESPITE ACTUATING NOSE DOWN TRIM. PF ASKED PNF TO ATTEMPT TO TRIM AC FROM THE RIGHT YOKE. NO EFFECT. MEMORY ITEMS WERE ACCOMPLISHED FOR A PITCH TRIM FAILURE, AND AC WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY REDUCING POWER SETTING AND USING SECONDARY PITCH TRIM. LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. PRIMARY PITCH TRIM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY DURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS, AND ON TAXI AFTER LANDING, BUT NOT WHILE AIRBORNE. MX DETERMINED THE LT CONTROL WHEEL MASTER SWITCH WAS FAULTY, WHICH CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO THINK THE PILOT WAS CONSTANTLY ACTUATING THIS SWITCH THEREFORE INHIBITING PITCH TRIM CHANGES. SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE PITCH TRIM SYSTEM WORKS AS NORMAL.

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