Service difficulty report · Pitot Head · Pilats PC24

Difficulty date
April 13, 2024
Submitted
April 15, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N294AF
Make and model
Pilats PC24
Aircraft serial
294
Aircraft time
1,345 hours, 996 cycles
Part
Pitot Head
Part number
0856WM1
Part serial
324297
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW HAD SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE VENTS ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE PIC SITS. THE CREW SHUT OFF THE ACS AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. THEY HAD 2 CAS MESSAGES COME ON, PITOT HEAD STRUT HTR STBY AND PITOT STRUT HTR STBY WITH THE ASSOCIATED ECBS TRIPPED. ECB TRIP IN FLIGHT. THE CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT FROM KRME TO KALB. THE CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE STANDBY PITOT STATIC PROBE WITH A NEW PROBE IAW AMM PC24-A-E34-11-0003-00A-720A-A AND THE PROBE PLUG CONNECTOR IAW WDM PC24-A-E30-39-2310-00A-051A-A. LEAK AND OPS CHECKS GOOD.