Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Emb EMB500

Difficulty date
March 9, 2012
Submitted
March 9, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N649DX
Make and model
Emb EMB500
Aircraft serial
50000194
Aircraft time
1,259 hours, 1,600 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Part number
0851LP
Part serial
274423
Condition
Eroded
Location
Zone 100
Part time
1,259 hours, 1,600 cycles
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

DURING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, DISCOVERED PLATING MATERIAL ON THE INLET LIP SURFACE WAS SEPARATING FROM THE LIP AND HAD FLARED BACKWARDS INTO THE THROAT OF THE PITOT TUBE. THE PITOT TUBE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT AND THE PITOT LINE WAS CLEARED OF DEBRIS. THE DEBRIS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE PITOT TUBE AND FROM THE PITOT LINE ITSELF. THE DEBRIS WAS MOSTLY SMALL, COPPER COLORED, METALLIC PARTICULATES WITH ONE LARGER PIECE OF PLATING MATERIAL. A NEW PITOT TUBE WAS THEN INSTALLED AND THE PITOT/STATIC SYS RECERTIFIED. AS WITH THE OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURENCE, THE FOD WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE PROBE OR THE IMMEDIATE PITOT LINE. NO FOD WAS COLLECTED FROM FURTHER BACK IN THE PITOT LINE.

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