SDR 99ZZZX800

Service difficulty report · Heat · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
February 23, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N591M
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600085
Part
Heat
Part number
CM29337
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Rt Static Port
Part time
4,266 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT'S LEFT HAND STATIC HEATER FAILED, NO ANNUNCIATION WAS OBSERVED. REPLACED DEFECTIVE STATIC PART. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF TROUBLESHOOTING AND SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO CESSNA TO FIND OUT WHY THERE WAS NO FAIL ANNUNCIATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. CONTRARY TO APPROVED MANUALS, THE PITOT/STATIC HEATER FAIL LIGHT WILL ONLY ILLUMINATE WITH A PITOT TUBE HEATER FAIL. STATIC HEATER FAIL, EITHER ONE OR BOTH, WILL NOT SHOW ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. THE SYSTEM SHOULD WORK AS AN INDICATOR OF A FAILURE OF ANY ONE OF THE THREE HEATING ELEMENTS.