Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
July 12, 2012
Submitted
August 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N710FL
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500038
Aircraft time
12,511 hours, 7,877 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007C1
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
67184779
Part serial
0586
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Pitot Heat
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A PITOT HEATER FAIL INDICATION AND STAND-BY AIRSPEED INDICATOR WENT TO ZERO. AFTER RESETTING THE SYS, WARNING RETURNED AND CREW REPORTED SEEING AND SMELLING SMOKE, FOLLOWED BY STAND-BY PITOT HEAT CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPING. MX WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. SYS WIRING AND SYS COMPONENTS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. A VERIFICATION FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED WITH NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. ON LATER FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED SAME PITOT HEAT FAIL MESSAGE. MX ACCOMPLISHED SERVICE LETTER SL750-30-08 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ANTI-ICE PCB AND NO FURTHER INSTANCES OF THIS DISCREPANCY HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

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