Service difficulty report · Probe · Gulstm GV

Difficulty date
March 4, 2010
Submitted
March 4, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N83M
Make and model
Gulstm GV
Aircraft serial
557
Aircraft time
5,073 hours, 2,788 cycles
Part
Probe
Part number
0856TK1
Part serial
243090
Condition
Grooved
Location
Pitot/Static
Part time
410 hours, 187 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

PILOT WROTE UP ALTIMETER SPLIT, WITH MADC NR 2 SHOWING 240' DIFFERENCE FROM MADC NR 1 & 3. MX PERFORMED PITOT/STATIC LEAK CHECK WHICH SHOWED A STATIC LEAK BEYOND LIMITS FOR MADC NR 2. TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND THE LOWER LT PITOT/STATIC PROBE TO BE LEAKING. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE PROBE, FOUND TOOLING MARKS FROM THE MFG AT THE AFT PART OF THE TUBE WHICH RESULTED IN SMALL HOLES WHICH ENABLED THE STATIC AIR PRESSURE TO LEAK OUT.