Service difficulty report · Pitot Line · Cessna 182S

Difficulty date
October 31, 2001
Submitted
December 4, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9472F
Make and model
Cessna 182S
Aircraft serial
18280201
Part
Pitot Line
Part number
S10711
Condition
Burned
Location
Pitot/Static Sys
Part time
296 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PITOT HEAT INSULATION, BURN MARKS WERE FOUND ON PITOT PRESSURE LINE. CONDITION RESULTS FROM HAVING PLASTIC LINE CONNECTED TO HEATED PITOT MAST. THE SB CORRECTS THIS BY ADDING PLASTIC SPIRAL WRAP TO LINE AND POWER WIRES AT THE PITOT MAST. THIS PREVENTS PITOT LINE FROM DIRECTLY CONTACTING HOT PARTS OF PITOT MAST, BUT SPIRAL WRAP INSULATION IS MADE OF SAME MATERIAL AS ORIGINAL PITOT LINE AND SUBJECT TO SAME HEAT DAMAGE.

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