Service difficulty report · Adiru · Pilats PC12

Difficulty date
June 21, 2026
Submitted
June 23, 2026
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N755PM
Make and model
Pilats PC12
Aircraft serial
1239
Aircraft time
3,677 hours, 2,914 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Part
Adiru
Condition
Faulted
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
I
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

RIGHT SIDE PITOT LINE BECAME BLOCKED INFLIGHT AFTER EXTENDED OPERATION IN AN AREA OF VISIBLE MOISTURE AT BELOW-FREEZING TEMPERATURE. ALL PROBE HEATS WERE ON AND FUNCTIONAL AT THE TIME AND FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF FLIGHT PRIOR TO THE LINE BLOCKAGE. AIRSPEED ON THE RIGHT-SIDE PFD AND STANDBY INSTRUMENT SLOWLY DECREASED, WHICH CAUSED AN IAS MISCOMPARE ANNUNCIATOR. I STARTED A DESCENT FOR WEATHER AND THE AIRSPEED ON THE RIGHT-SIDE PITOT LINE (RIGHT PFD AND STANDBY) RAPIDLY DECREASED TO ZERO BEFORE AN IAS RED ANNUNCIATOR APPEARED. PRIOR TO THIS, I SWITCHED THE RIGHT-SIDE PFD TO ADAHRS 1, WHICH KEPT THE AUTOPILOT RUNNING FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE MISCOMPARE BECAME TOO GREAT AND THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED. AUTOPILOT WOULDN'T REENGAGE UNTIL I PULLED THE ADAHARS CH 2 CIRCUIT BREAKER. AFTER DESCENDING OUT OF VISIBLE MOISTURE, THE RIGHT-SIDE AIRSPEED RAPIDLY RETURNED, AS SEEN ON THE STANDBY INSTRUMENT, AND WHEN THE ADAHRS 2 BREAKER WAS RESET, ALL SYSTEMS ON INDEPENDENT ADAHRS UNITS RETURNED TO NORMAL WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.