SDR 010605

Service difficulty report · Gauge · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 6, 2005
Submitted
January 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N381CR
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB69
Aircraft time
25,267 hours, 30,039 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Gauge
Part number
1143800273
Part serial
507
Condition
Leaking
Location
Cockpit
Part time
4 hours, 3 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, FIRST OFFICER NOTICED THAT HIS ALTIMETER, VSI AND AIR SPEED INDICATOR BEGAN TO MOVE. SELECTED THE ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE AND THE INSTRUMENTS RETURNED TO NORMAL READINGS. DURING DESCENT FIRST OFFICER NOTICED THAT HIS VSI WAS NOT READING THE SAME AS PILOTS. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO MAIN MX BASE FOR REPAIRS. MX FOUND THE PNEUMATIC PRESSURE GAUGE WAS LEAKING CABIN AIR INTO THE STATIC CHAMBER OF THE GAUGE. THE SOURCE OF THE AIR LEAK WAS NOTED AS BEING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION PLUG FOR THE INTERNAL LIGHTING. THE GAUGE WAS REPLACED, A PITOT STATIC LEAK CHECK PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE GAUGE WAS OVERHAULED BY AERO-MACH LABS AND HAD 4.1 HOURS TSO BEFORE IT FAILED.

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