Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Gulstm G280

Difficulty date
June 10, 2026
Submitted
September 23, 2026
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N280TT
Make and model
Gulstm G280
Aircraft serial
2049
Aircraft time
1,605 hours, 708 cycles
Engine
Hnywl AS90721G
Part
Pitot Tube
Condition
Blocked
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT APPROX 34,500' WHILE IN IMC CONDITIONS, EXPERIENCED UNRELIABLE AIRSPEED INDS ON BOTH PRIMARY & STANDBY SOURCES. FLUCTUATIONS (APPROX. 250 KIAS-100 KIAS) LASTED FOR APPROX 8 MINS, DURING WHICH TIME THE AUTOPILOT & YAW DAMPER DISCONNECTED & ACFT BEGAN TO DUTCH ROLL. CONCURRENTLY, OBSERVED AN UNCOMMANDED THRUST REDUCTION BY AUTOTHROTTLE SYS AS WELL AS SPLIT THROTTLE POSITION DURING UNCOMMANDED THRUST REDUCTION. NO AIRFRAME ICING OBSERVED DURING EVENT & SHIP'S ONBOARD ICE DETECTORS DID NOT INDICATE AIRFRAME ICING. ONCE CLEAR OF IMC CONDITIONS AIRSPEEDS RETURNED TO NORMAL & ALL AUTOMATED FLT CONTROL SYS SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED. POST FLT MAINT INSP REVEALED NO ANOMALIES OR DEFECTS WITH REGARD TO THE PITOT STATIC SYS & NO MOISTURE OBSERVED IN THE SYS. FOLLOWED BY A FULL PITOT STATIC TEST WITH NO DEFECTS. POST FLT ANALYSIS BY MANUFACTURER INDICATES THIS EVENT LIKELY DUE TO INADVERTENT FLT INTO ICE CRYSTALS, WHICH ARE UNDETECTABLE TO AIRCREWS.