N454LX

ATA 3310

Part: DIMMER — FAILED (COCKPIT LIGHTS) · airframe 7,793 hrs · 6,548 cycles

DURING FLIGHT, CREW NOTED COCKPIT LIGHTS FLICKERING FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. ACFT DIVERTED TO ANOTHER AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY. MX FOUND THE ALTITUDE AWARENESS PANEL AND ITS ASSOCIATED LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY FAILED. BOTH UNITS WERE REPLACED.

ATA 3310

Part: DIMMER — MALFUNCTIONED (COCKPIT LIGHTS) · airframe 7,792 hrs · 6,547 cycles

DURING APPROACH TO LANDING AT DUSK, THE CREW ACTIVATED THE COCKPIT LIGHTS AND NOTED THE LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING. SOON THEREAFTER, THE CREW NOTED A BURNING SMELL FOLLOWED BY SMOKE EMINATING FROM THE BEHIND THE GLARESHIELD. THEY DEACTIVATED THE LIGHTS AND THE SMOKE DISSAPATED. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY. MX TECH FOUND THE DIMMER POWER SUPPLY FOR THE ALTITUDE AWARENESS PANEL FAILED AND REPLACED BOTH THE ALTITUED AWARENESS PANEL AND THE DIMMER POWER SUPPLY THAT CAUSED ITS FAILURE.

ATA 2810

Part: FUEL CAP — LEAKING · airframe 7,718 hrs · 6,491 cycles

CREW NOTED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING FOR THE OVERWING FUEL CAP ON THE RT WING. ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. MX FOUND THE RT WING FUEL CAP UNSERVICEABLE. THE CAP WAS REPLACED.

ATA 3243

Part: MASTER CYLINDER — FAILED (MLG BRAKES) · airframe 7,303 hrs · 6,138 cycles

DURING TAXI, CREW REPORTED BRAKES SPONGY AND PEDALS SLOWLY LOSING PRESSURE. MX FOUND THE RT BRAKE MIXING VALVE AND PILOT RT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. BOTH COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED.

ATA 3310

Part: PANEL — DEFECTIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 5,746 hrs · 4,883 cycles

DURING FLIGHT CREW REPORTED STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A DEFECTIVE ELECTROLUMINSCENT PANEL. THE FAILED EL PANEL WAS REPLACED.

ATA 2120

Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 5,739 hrs · 4,876 cycles

CREW REPORTED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE FWD EVAP. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY.

ATA 2163

Part: SENSOR — INOPERATIVE (CABIN TEMP) · airframe 5,262 hrs · 4,468 cycles

DURING CRUISE CREW REPORTED BURNING ODOR NEAR THE LAV AREA. CREW CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CABIN TEMP SENSOR FAILED. THE TEMP SENSOR WAS REPLACED.

ATA 2433

Part: CONVERTER — FAILED (DC)

AFTER LANDING CREW REPORTED BURNING ODOR COMING FROM AREA AROUND PAX TABLE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DC TO DC CONVERTOR FAILED. THE COMPONENT WAS REPLACED.

ATA 7830

Part: IDLER LINK — BROKEN (THRUST REVERSER)

ON POST FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED THE RT TR FAIRING DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DRIVER LINK BROKEN. THE IDLER LINK CRACKED IN TWO PLACES 180 DEG APPART AT THE BEARING WHERE THE ARM IS CONNECTED TO THE TR DOOR CAUSING THE ARM TO SEPARATE FROM THE BEARING. MAINTENANCE REPLACE THE TR ASSEMBLY.

ATA 5511

Part: RIB — CRACKED (HORIZONTAL STAB) · airframe 4,865 hrs · 4,126 cycles

DURING A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE VISIT WHILE PERFORMING A HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ROLLER INSPECTION THE LEFT INBOARD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT INBOARD RIBS WERE FOUND CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS AREA ARE OUTLINED IN BEECHJET COMMUNIQUE' NUMBER 70. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH RIB ASSEMBLIES.

ATA 2435

Part: STARTER GEN — VIBRATES (RT ENGINE) · airframe 4,678 hrs · 3,956 cycles

TRIP NR 1161270 CREW REPORTED SEVERE AIRFRAME VIBRATION COMING FROM THE RT SIDE. DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE RT STARTER GENERATOR AS CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION; POSSIBLE BEARING FAILURE OR WARPED STATOR ASSEMBLY. THE GENERATOR WAS REPLACED.

ATA 2700

Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN

TRIP NR 1152283/ CREW REPORTED AT FLIGHT LEVEL 380 IN CLEAR SKYS AND SMOOTH AIR A LOUD NOISE SOUNDED AND RANG OUT THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN MOMENTARILY AND CREW DISENGAGED THE AP AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL LEVEL FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE IS INVESTIGATING THE DISCREPANCY. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN EXTENSIVE INSPECTION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, TRIM SYSTEM, AND THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. THE DISCREPANCY HAS NOT RETURNED.