Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
February 20, 2011
Submitted
February 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N696QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605296
Aircraft time
7,215 hours, 5,688 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Pilots
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BOTH PILOTS PFD'S DISPLAYED AN AMBER IAS MESSAGE AFTER PASSING THROUGH 160 KTS. AT MINIMUM LT PILOTS IAS INDICATING 160, RT PILOTS INDICATING 166 & STANDBY INDICATING 167. ACCELERATED TO 200 KTS, SPLIT INCREASED TO ABOUT 9 KTS BETWEEN PRIMARY IAS INDICATORS WITH RT SIDE SHOWING FASTER THAN LT. DECELERATED THROUGH 160 KTS FOR LANDING, SPLIT WENT BACK DOWN TO ABOUT 5 KTS. INSPECTED PITOT TUBES AND FOUND A SMALL ROCK IN PILOTS PITOT. PURGED PITOT SYS AND REMOVED DEBRIS. WHILE PERFORMING LEAK CHECK FOUND PILOTS STATIC SYS LEAK AT DRAIN. R & R O-RING IAW THE MM 34-11-08. LEAK CHECK WAS COMPLIED WITH IAW MM 34-11-08. PITOT STATIC SYS LEAK CHECK WAS PERFORMED IAW THE FAR 91-411.

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